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October 13th 07, 04:43 AM
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The Flying Car
In article .com,
"Robert M. Gary" wrote: On Oct 12, 4:00 pm, "Mike Noel" wrote: The first time I became aware of it was at OSH in 2006. I think the current prediction for availability is around 2009. http://www.terrafugia.com/index.html That's not impressive. Its just a small airplane with a 550lb useful load that happens to have bigger wheels. The future air/car things were suppose to not require a pilot, etc. -Robert It looks as if the aerodynamicists have been on break too long! There are several areas of major interference drag; structure looks iffy, too. All previous attempts have resulted in an inferior car coupled with an inferior plane -- or worse! I have little faith in this one, either. 
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