Go fly a ... car?

Here's a photo of the latest flying car in flight:


http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories...2751&ran=95111
MAPLE, N.C. — An adoring crowd whooped and hollered as Jesse
James, host of the hit television show “Monster Garage,” flew
Friday – just about as far as the Wright brothers did – in a
sports car with wings at the Currituck Regional Airport.

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message ...

Here's a photo of the latest flying car in flight:


http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories...2751&ran=95111
MAPLE, N.C. - An adoring crowd whooped and hollered as Jesse
James, host of the hit television show "Monster Garage," flew
Friday - just about as far as the Wright brothers did - in a
sports car with wings at the Currituck Regional Airport.




Does he have a license? Was the "plane" signed off by the feds?

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:06:08 GMT, "Blueskies"
wrote in
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Does he have a license?

The "pilot" is said to have had one-hour of flight instruction.

Was the "plane" signed off by the feds?

Doubtful.

But the design was created by an engineer, and the "flight" does
demonstrate something, surely. :-)

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message ...
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:06:08 GMT, "Blueskies"
wrote in
::


Does he have a license?

The "pilot" is said to have had one-hour of flight instruction.

Was the "plane" signed off by the feds?

Doubtful.

But the design was created by an engineer, and the "flight" does
demonstrate something, surely. :-)


I guess this will boil down to what is flying. If he was flying, did Jesse James need a license, a student pilot cert
w/endorsement?

Top Secret Project Takes Flight, Sort of
Jesse James, star of the Discovery Channel’s hit show “Monster
Garage”–and distant relative of the Wild West outlaw–successfully “flew”
his latest project on Friday. Though it’s meant to be secret until
episodes run in June, AIN has learned that James and his crew modified a
lightweight Penoz Esperante sports car with wings, tailboom and
pusher-mounted aircraft engine. Roger Jarrell of the Kitty Hawk Free
Press told AIN that James’s “flight” consisted of a 100-foot crow hop
reaching an altitude of about five feet. James, who informed onlookers
he had taken at least one flying lesson, chose Currituck County Airport,
N.C., after he was denied permission to use First Flight Airport, where
the Wright Brothers flew their own project 120 feet. The Esperante’s
Vref was announced as “at least 88 miles per hour”–about 75 knots. The
flying-car episode of Monster Garage will be aired in two parts as the
season finale in June. (Photo courtesy of Kitty Hawk Free Press, and
used with permission.)

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:06:08 GMT, "Blueskies"
wrote in
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Does he have a license?

The "pilot" is said to have had one-hour of flight instruction.

Was the "plane" signed off by the feds?

Doubtful.

But the design was created by an engineer, and the "flight" does
demonstrate something, surely. :-)

Yep. Is shows what a few garage monkeys with a little Yankee ingenuity can
do in five days.
Just imagine what could be done in a more serious attempt ;-)

Adam
N7966L
Beech Super III

Larry Dighera wrote:

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:06:08 GMT, "Blueskies"
wrote in
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Does he have a license?

The "pilot" is said to have had one-hour of flight instruction.

Was the "plane" signed off by the feds?

Doubtful.

Well, since he doesn't have a certificate, they can't take it away. I expect the
fines will be considered a trivial part of the cost of the show.

George Patterson
I prefer Heaven for climate but Hell for company.

"Blueskies" wrote in
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
...

Here's a photo of the latest flying car in flight:


http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories...2751&ran=95111
MAPLE, N.C. - An adoring crowd whooped and hollered as Jesse
James, host of the hit television show "Monster Garage," flew
Friday - just about as far as the Wright brothers did - in a
sports car with wings at the Currituck Regional Airport.




Does he have a license? Was the "plane" signed off by the feds?



you don't need a lic for a ground effect vehicle, and it never got out
of ground effect.




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-- ET :-)

"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams

I don't think he "flew". He never left ground effect.

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:36:06 GMT, George Patterson
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Well, since he doesn't have a certificate, they can't take it away. I expect the
fines will be considered a trivial part of the cost of the show.

The "aircraft" surely doesn't qualify under Part 103 weight
restrictions, but isn't/wasn't there an exemption for 2-place
aircraft?