ground travel

Does anybody have a good way to get around on the ground to explore? Once I get to an airport, I have to walk because a bike doesn't fit in a 150 or 172! (Rollerskates are Okay but a little weird in a restaurant) I love flying to the islands of lake erie but I want some better ground travel. Ideas?

"Evan Platt" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:29:22 +0000, twisbar
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Does anybody have a good way to get around on the ground to explore?
Once I get to an airport, I have to walk because a bike doesn't fit in a
150 or 172! (Rollerskates are Okay but a little weird in a restaurant)
I love flying to the islands of lake erie but I want some better ground
travel. Ideas?

How about a folding bike?

Folds to not much more than the size of a suitcase.
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"Evan Platt" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:29:22 +0000, twisbar
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Does anybody have a good way to get around on the ground to explore?
Once I get to an airport, I have to walk because a bike doesn't fit in a
150 or 172! (Rollerskates are Okay but a little weird in a restaurant)
I love flying to the islands of lake erie but I want some better ground
travel. Ideas?

How about a folding bike?

Folds to not much more than the size of a suitcase.

I've got a regular full size bike into a Cessna 172, and friends of mine
put two normal full size bikes into a Cessna 170 (plus camping gear).

You just need a bike with quick release wheels, then it only takes a
couple of minutes to get the wheels off and on.

On Mar 24, 6:29*pm, twisbar
wrote:
Does anybody have a good way to get around on the ground to explore?
Once I get to an airport, I have to walk because a bike doesn't fit in a
150 or 172! *(Rollerskates are Okay but a little weird in a restaurant)
I love flying to the islands of lake erie but I want some better ground
travel. *Ideas?

twisbar

If you have the money and they are being produced & sold yet, you
should use a Terrafugia Transition.
Surely the most enjoyaable way of getting around after arriving at the
airport!
Check it out here on You Tube. Don't even have to get out of the
cockpit to start "getting around,
which is cool if it's raining.

Rapture Flight

On Mar 27, 6:03*am, Dylan Smith wrote:
"Evan Platt" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:29:22 +0000, twisbar
wrote:

Does anybody have a good way to get around on the ground to explore?
Once I get to an airport, I have to walk because a bike doesn't fit in a
150 or 172! *(Rollerskates are Okay but a little weird in a restaurant)
I love flying to the islands of lake erie but I want some better ground
travel. *Ideas?

How about a folding bike?

Folds to not much more than the size of a suitcase.

I've got a regular full size bike into a Cessna 172, and friends of mine
put two normal full size bikes into a Cessna 170 (plus camping gear).

You just need a bike with quick release wheels, then it only takes a
couple of minutes to get the wheels off and on.- Hide quoted text -

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Wow. You got that bike into the baggage comp. of the 172 or did you
use the back seats?

Rapture Fllight

On 5/20/2013 4:42 PM, Ricky wrote:
If you have the money and they are being produced & sold yet, you
should use a Terrafugia Transition.
Initial deliveries were promised in 2011, yet Wiki tells us:"In January
2013 development continued and the company announced that it might be
necessary to construct a third, completely new prototype, due to the
large number of modifications required. The modifications to date have
improved the previous handling characteristics and also improved
aesthetics."

So keep your nearly $300,000 in the bank for a bit longer!

Anything can happen, and to be fair it looks far closer to reality than
the Moller Skycar. But if history is any guide, this will turn out to
be at best a limited production rich man's toy. At worst, it will
languish on for decades as an attractive sinkhole for investor's treasure.

In article ,
Vaughn wrote:
On 5/20/2013 4:42 PM, Ricky wrote:
If you have the money and they are being produced & sold yet, you
should use a Terrafugia Transition.
Initial deliveries were promised in 2011, yet Wiki tells us:"In January
2013 development continued and the company announced that it might be
necessary to construct a third, completely new prototype, due to the
large number of modifications required. The modifications to date have
improved the previous handling characteristics and also improved
aesthetics."

So keep your nearly $300,000 in the bank for a bit longer!

Anything can happen, and to be fair it looks far closer to reality than
the Moller Skycar. But if history is any guide, this will turn out to
be at best a limited production rich man's toy. At worst, it will
languish on for decades as an attractive sinkhole for investor's treasure.

Terrafugia recently did a PR blitz for a tiltrotor flying car,
that is quite Mollerish in design. The Transition is closer to
reality, but putting out a Moller-like concept to drum up more
investors isn't a good sign.

John
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On 5/21/2013 10:51 AM, John Clear wrote:
Terrafugia recently did a PR blitz for a tiltrotor flying car,
that is quite Mollerish in design. The Transition is closer to
reality, but putting out a Moller-like concept to drum up more
investors isn't a good sign.

I agree. That PR blitz for such an unlikely flying vehicle concept
makes me less confident in the company, not more. At this point they
should be concentrating on bringing their first design to fruition, not
branching out in strange directions.

In article ,
Vaughn wrote:

On 5/21/2013 10:51 AM, John Clear wrote:
Terrafugia recently did a PR blitz for a tiltrotor flying car,
that is quite Mollerish in design. The Transition is closer to
reality, but putting out a Moller-like concept to drum up more
investors isn't a good sign.

I agree. That PR blitz for such an unlikely flying vehicle concept
makes me less confident in the company, not more. At this point they
should be concentrating on bringing their first design to fruition, not
branching out in strange directions.

One historical fact: Nobody has ever designed and built either a flying
car or a roadable airplane that wasn't both a poorly-performing airplane
and a crappy automobile. I don't see Terrafugia deviating from this
history.

On May 21, 4:43*pm, Vaughn wrote:
On 5/21/2013 10:51 AM, John Clear wrote:

Terrafugia recently did a PR blitz for a tiltrotor flying car,
that is quite Mollerish in design. *The Transition is closer to
reality, but putting out a Moller-like concept to drum up more
investors isn't a good sign.

I agree. *That PR blitz for such an unlikely flying vehicle concept
makes me less confident in the company, not more. *At this point they
should be concentrating on bringing their first design to fruition, not
branching out in strange directions.

The vehicle is preposterous. They could only be concentrating on
attracting more $.
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