Have you ever fantasized about driving a car that quickly transforms into a aircraft while on the move? If you have, then you will be glad to know that in very near future your dream can turn into a reality. Well Burt Rutan, an aviation genius and founder and ex-CEO of Scaled Composites, unveiled this fantasy vehicle recently.
by Laura K. Cowan
Flying cars are here! Well, “roadable planes” are at least. The Terrafugia Transition is a two-seat prop plane that can legally drive itself home from the airport, converting from a 100-horsepower plane to a vehicle that gets 35 miles per gallon on the highway. The U.S. Department of Transportation has granted a three-year hardship exemption that allows the Transition to travel on public roads for three years, despite its motorcycle tires and polycarbonate windshield Terrafugia used to save weight.
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