The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of an acquaintance…
Flying car
Emily T.: Video: The First Flying Car is Finally Here, Goes on Sale in 2015:
http://www.shockmansion.com/2013/05/25/video-the-first-flying-car-is-finally-here-goes-on-sale-2015-can-take-off-vertically-in-traffic-jam/
Flying Cars for the Masses Set to Take Off:
[youtube_sc url=”SqmILVE7nPQ”]
Bill B.: im gonna need a snopes check on this
Emily T.: Is This (Finally) Our Flying Car?
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=85464
Sam B.: Flying cars, for the record, would suck.
Trystyn D.: I agree with Sam. People are already inept enough drivers without adding the vertical element.
Sam B.: If your flying car runs out of gas, it crashes to the ground.
Stan P.: This is a design on a computer screen, coupled with some highly speculative conclusions from the promoters. They have apparently built an actual airplane with folding wings and 4-wheel landing gear, but that doesn’t include key features described for the computer design, I also wonder what the cruise speed of the computer design would be, because one would expect a wing of that size to require speeds in excess of 300 kts to sustain flight.
Gavin B.: I’m holding out for a delorian with folding wheels.
Rayn: But… but… MUH Roadssss. 😥
