View Full Version : flying car, sort of
January 15th 09, 11:20 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/14/flying.car/index.html
Looks like fun to me.
Karl
January 15th 09, 06:29 PM
On Jan 15, 3:20*am, " > wrote:
> http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/14/flying.car/index.html
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> Looks like fun to me.
> Karl
An opening scene for a James Bond movie popped in to my head right
away........... A get away from the bad guys from the ground and into
the rear of an orbiting C-130  :-)
This also brought up another flying car question that a quick Google
didn't answer.
Many years ago I visited the Forney museum (yes the same Forney) in
Denver and there was a flying car on display that had actually flown
if my memory is correct.  Not only was it a flying car it was
amphibious as well.  My memory says it looked something like a very
square lifting body.
Can any one give me some more clues about it's history, name, or where
to look, other than driving to Denver?
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Leon McAtee
Peter Dohm
January 16th 09, 03:13 PM
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> http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/14/flying.car/index.html
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> Looks like fun to me.
> Karl
Well, it's not very tempting to me.  But it does have the virtue of merging 
the proven technologies of the dune buggy and the powered parachute.  Add a 
permanent enclosed storage space to house the foil when on the road, and it 
should be marketable in enough quantity to turn a profit.
It certainly has more utility than a lot of the "personal watercraft" that 
are sold in my area.
Peter
oilsardine[_2_]
January 16th 09, 05:44 PM
apropos 'personal watercraft', mebbe that one?
http://www.jetlev-flyer.com/
"Peter Dohm" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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> > wrote in message 
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>> http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/14/flying.car/index.html
>>
>> Looks like fun to me.
>> Karl
>
> Well, it's not very tempting to me.  But it does have the virtue of 
> merging the proven technologies of the dune buggy and the powered 
> parachute.  Add a permanent enclosed storage space to house the foil when 
> on the road, and it should be marketable in enough quantity to turn a 
> profit.
>
> It certainly has more utility than a lot of the "personal watercraft" that 
> are sold in my area.
>
> Peter
>
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