On Tue, 21 May 2013 10:03:30 -0400, Vaughn wrote:

to be fair it looks far closer to reality than the Moller Skycar.

The Terrafugia Transition has actually been flown by a pilot (without a
tether). Here's a link: http://www.terrafugia.com/aircraft/image-gallery.

I don't believe you can say that about Moller's effort, despite its having
many more years in development.