People are able to buy flying cars in 2011. A US venture company said that a new flying car would be sold next year. The Terrafugia Transition can be driven on public roads as well as fly on the sky because it has wings. The wings will fold in when it is in car mode. It take around 30 seconds to convert to flight mode.
Terrafugia had been established the plane-car 4 years ago in Massachusetts. It was developed by aerospace engineers. The plane-car is only about 2 meters wide with its wings folded, it na be stored in an ordinary garage. On one tank of gasoline this the 2-seater “roadable aircraft” are able to fly at a speed of 185 kms/h for up to 740 kms.
The Transition finally received approval from US aviation authorities late last month. It was allowed to operate as a Light Sport Aircraft after test-flights and modifications.
The company said that Terrafugia Transition had received more than 70 pre-orders for the Transition. The price is around 194,000 dollars. This will change people’s ways of traveling.
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