The Flying Car is here and for sale
The Terrafugia Transition is a weird-looking car that can also fly AND has approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. That’s right, the Jetson age is upon us. A while back the strange looking vehicle made itself into the media as the car that could fly. Now the headlines are the company has just announced the flying car will go into production, and that has sparked mega-searches on the Web.
According to Yahoo that short;y after the announcement, online searches for “terrafugia transition” and “terrafugia transition pictures” both, sky rocketed. The FAA’s special exemption allows the vehicle to function as both a “light aircraft” and a car. Generally, for a aircraft to meet the “light aircraft” designation, it can’t weigh more than 1,200 pounds. The Terrafugia Transition exceeds this weighing in at 1,320 pounds, mostly because of the number of car-related safety features, such as airbags and crumple zones.
The good news with the “light aircraft” designation for planes is it requires only 20 hours of flying time to be licensed. Which means less beaurocracy for potential customers to get licensed to fly, which means higher potetial for sales. Thus far, about 70 people have placed an order. Want to purchase one? This car will cost you $194,000, but you want have to wait in line at the airport. Check out the video below after the break to see this flying car in action.
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