The concept of a flying car will eventually succeed

[OrVNstabilize]

oops double post

 

[Bill-Higdon]

Flying Car Wins Airworthiness Certification - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: A flying car capable of hitting speeds over 100mph (160kmh) and altitudes above 8,000ft (2,500m) has been issued with a certificate of airworthiness by the Slovak Transport Authority. The hybrid car-aircraft, AirCar, is equipped with a BMW engine...

tech.slashdot.org

Yet to be proven practical

 

[BJC]

I would like to see video of it taking off, climbing, maneuvering, and landing.


BJC

 

[Rhino]

I would like to see video of it taking off, climbing, maneuvering, and landing.

Okay.

Actual flying car gets airworthiness certificate

The Klein Aircar, a folding wing flying car, received an airworthiness in Slovakia after 70 hours of flight testing. While not a type certificate, it's cool to see one this far along, I would guess equivalent to finishing phase 1 testing on an E-AB. I wasn't familiar with them before I saw the...

www.homebuiltairplanes.com

 

[henryk]

R&D – Klein Vision

-more...

=much better as TERRAFUGIA is.

 

[Rhino]

Yeah, that was included by you in the thread I linked to.