"Richard Isakson" wrote in message
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"Dale Alexander" wrote ...
Jetson flying car a reality...we'll see.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sto...3398892&page=1

I had a mental vision of this thing a couple of weeks ago. Picture a
1950's
Disney cartoon with Goofy, in this case played by a Moller investor,
flying
happily along with thr computer keeping the craft level. But wait! The
car
is approaching a downward cliff! The computer can't see the cliff, it's
hard to detect a cliff. Goofy isn't even looking. Out into free space
the
car goes. Without ground effect, the car can't maintain altitude and
"Yahahaoheychrunch" goes poor goofy. Ah the Moller ground effects
machine,
a wonderful invention.

Rich

One other problem is that would travel downhill very well, but probably
wouldn't climb anything steeper than a very shallow hill. So, no matter
where it starts, it'll end up trapped in the saddle between two hills.

Ooh what fun!

KB