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You think this will never happen? Not even 10 or 20 years from now?
You're like those people back in the early 1800's that said humans
would not be able to survive going faster than 45 mph.

Whose to say what will come of energy development and navigation
technology in the not too distant future? With our current power
problems and the development of nanotechnology I think neglected
research in Fusion and portable power storage (i.e. batteries) will
start to become more of a priority. Include our ever increasing
traffic congestion, and I see the potential for some sort of aircar.
No, not 5 years from now. But eventually I could see it.

I am developing a flying car. It uses induction jet engines that I
have developed, fly by wire technology, GPS navigation.

It can hover or fly at very slow speeds, it has no moving parts in the
engines and it tolerates multiple computer, sensor or actuator
failures.

It will fly following predefined roads in the sky. It can land
anywhere and be driven like a regular ground car. I envision driving
in towns and flying cross country. Hover is not fuel efficient but
will only be used for takeoff and landing.

The development status is the following:

I have working induction jet engines
I have developed the flight control system that consists of:
-motor controllers
-multiprocessor systems
-fiber optic data links
-software architecture

I am hoping to integrate a prototype in the near future.

Zoltan

http://www.vtol.net