Flying cars! Really?

[razz]

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1916166211655
Thought that this video was somewhat to see so sharing. Wonder how many other versions of a flying car are flying around. Sounds like a 007 movie plot. What kind of a price tag would this vehicle rate!

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Prototype flying car completes first intercity flight
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Prototype flying car completes first intercity flight
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The AirCar, which can switch from a road vehicle to a plane in less than three minutes, successfully soared from Nitra airport in western Slovakia to Bratislava in 35 minutes.

[KayLR]

I've dreamed of it ever since first seeing The Jetsons!

[early morning]

"Doc" Jackson, the gentleman who taught both my parents to fly, designed, built, drove and flew a flying car back in 1956 - my birth year. (I was the reason my mother discontinued her aviation training....) I've heard about flying cars my entire life, it seems!
https://aaregistry.org/story/lewis-a...ation-pioneer/

[Teacher Terry]

Early, thanks for sharing! I enjoyed reading the article.

[razz]

"Doc" Jackson, the gentleman who taught both my parents to fly, designed, built, drove and flew a flying car back in 1956 - my birth year. (I was the reason my mother discontinued her aviation training....) I've heard about flying cars my entire life, it seems!
https://aaregistry.org/story/lewis-a...ation-pioneer/

So great to read about a futurist who was so practical and a gifted teacher as well.

[oldhat]

Never mind the flying car. I want one of these.

[razz]

I like the idea of a flying car better to visit family and simply to go for a drive as a form of escape. I have rarely needed a normally expected escape option. I just ran then.

[catherine]

I think I would opt for self-driving cars before flying ones. If we get to that point, I would also opt for a roof on my house that would withstand the flying cars dropping from the skies after mechanical failure or aerial fender-benders.

[happystuff]

I think I would opt for self-driving cars before flying ones. If we get to that point, I would also opt for a roof on my house that would withstand the flying cars dropping from the skies after mechanical failure or aerial fender-benders.

LOL. Makes me think of The World According to Garp.

[razz]

Aerial fender-benders made me laugh. I hope that I get to experience a self-driving car within the 20 years. My Prius V should last until then.

My flying car fantasy is based on an hour that I experienced of flying a small plane with an instructor after several sessions of classroom instruction put on by a local flying school. I was enchanted with the idea of flying but my budget with two teens coming into post-secondary schooling said no. It was one of my special joys over my lifetime.