A flying car — it’s an iconic image of the future. But after 100 years of flight and automotive engineering, no one has really cracked the problem. Pilot Anna Mracek Dietrich and her team flipped the question, asking: Why not build a plane that you can drive?
NOTE: http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/General_News/Flying-car-goes-commercial-20111106
DGA 07.11.2011 20:30
Adeeyoyo's Blog 
07/11/2011 at 9:01 pm
Of course Denise, you have appealed to the engineer in me.
I think this is an exciting video.
Thank you for showing it.
John
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07/11/2011 at 9:05 pm
Gee, I wouldn’t mind one, John, and you? [Of course, that’s when I can drive again, lol].]
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07/11/2011 at 9:20 pm
What do you mean? James Bond’s been doing it for years!
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07/11/2011 at 9:46 pm
Yip, if memory serves me he wore a power pack on his back. This is a more ‘refined’ way to do it, Bb, far more comfy and then there is the parking in your garage and also on the way you can stop off for groceries at your local store. What more could you ask for? 😆
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07/11/2011 at 10:40 pm
It is my dream to own something like this. Back to the future!
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08/11/2011 at 6:33 am
A dream come true, Kate!
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07/11/2011 at 10:43 pm
I actually enjoyed that video, Denise, and, being honest, I wasn’t expecting to! It reminded me of those early black and white newsreel films from the days of early aircraft, only considerably more advanced… whether people will start to buy them remains to be seen, but it’s a good idea.
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08/11/2011 at 6:35 am
Of course, it will only be the wealthy to begin with, Tom. And nothing has been said about fuel and emissions yet.
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08/11/2011 at 8:33 am
OMG Flying? With cell phones, make-up applications, fast food and hot coffee, dog sitting in your lap? etc. etc. God Help Us All.
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08/11/2011 at 9:39 am
Bwahahaha, Jack! How did you guess that’s what all of us of the fairer sex pictured… Teeheehee! I wish I could draw a cartoon!
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08/11/2011 at 9:09 am
Amazing. Whenever I enter an aircraft, I shall always think of the Right Brothers who made possible imagination take wings. This is an extension of it.Afterall, ther are RIGHT BROTHERS.
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08/11/2011 at 9:42 am
I am still in awe when these huge monsters take off and you feel the wheels lose contact with terra firma! To me, that is one of the most magical feelings in the whole world.
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08/11/2011 at 3:15 pm
Will “the plane that you can drive” share the highways?
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08/11/2011 at 5:47 pm
It seems like it, Maxi.
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08/11/2011 at 3:40 pm
nice…all it takes is someone to come along and look at it a little different…very cool stuff…
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08/11/2011 at 5:48 pm
Yes, Brian, think out of the box! Where our education systems fail us…
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08/11/2011 at 4:05 pm
I want one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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08/11/2011 at 5:50 pm
Oh, Gran, just imagine!!!
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08/11/2011 at 4:57 pm
I want one!
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08/11/2011 at 5:51 pm
Ooh, Amy, I think females should get theirs with a hefty discount, don’t you? 😉
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08/11/2011 at 5:38 pm
Denise, when I was a little girl, I watched a cartoon called “The Jetsons.” I still don’t understand why we don’t have their mode of transport. It was so awesome. Thanks for giving us something to think about today.
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08/11/2011 at 6:02 pm
I googled it and found it was the misadventures of a futuristic family who had a bubble car that could fly. Maybe that’s where the idea came from… I wonder if there are plans yet for a production line, Andra. I need to google a bit more, lol!
http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/General_News/Flying-car-goes-commercial-20111106
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08/11/2011 at 7:14 pm
I would love to fly . . . without having to go through airport security! Thanks, Denise!
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08/11/2011 at 7:28 pm
When I saw this, I couldn’t resist, Nancy!
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08/11/2011 at 11:11 pm
Wow! I want one, like yesterday! 🙂
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09/11/2011 at 7:10 am
Oh, Col, I would be in heaven [in more ways than one, probably]! 😉
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09/11/2011 at 2:05 am
Hmm…fender benders at 20,000 feet?
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09/11/2011 at 7:18 am
We need to get rid of all superfluous plane/car, and have just enough to surround our own body plus a little storage in front. I think those wings are too long as well. How often do we see people bumping into each other – not often – and it should be less often 20,000 feet up in the air, hopefully!
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09/11/2011 at 3:02 am
That’s just the craziest looking thing!
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09/11/2011 at 7:19 am
Yes, I agree BV, very clumsy looking…
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09/11/2011 at 5:17 am
OMG Now gridlock in the sky and highways. Few people in Miami know how to drive on the ground let alone the sky. Added pollution too. I enjoy seeing these tech advances but when will such talent, money and energy be avenued to solve the problems of tens of millions of starving people?
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09/11/2011 at 7:24 am
I hope we will always have dreamers, Carl, but I can foresee they won’t be available in some countries, mine included, because the authorities can’t administer car licensing properly!
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