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Old May 21st 13, 03:51 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
John Clear
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In article ,
Vaughn wrote:
On 5/20/2013 4:42 PM, Ricky wrote:
If you have the money and they are being produced & sold yet, you
should use a Terrafugia Transition.

Initial deliveries were promised in 2011, yet Wiki tells us:"In January
2013 development continued and the company announced that it might be
necessary to construct a third, completely new prototype, due to the
large number of modifications required. The modifications to date have
improved the previous handling characteristics and also improved
aesthetics."

So keep your nearly $300,000 in the bank for a bit longer!

Anything can happen, and to be fair it looks far closer to reality than
the Moller Skycar. But if history is any guide, this will turn out to
be at best a limited production rich man's toy. At worst, it will
languish on for decades as an attractive sinkhole for investor's treasure.


Terrafugia recently did a PR blitz for a tiltrotor flying car,
that is quite Mollerish in design. The Transition is closer to
reality, but putting out a Moller-like concept to drum up more
investors isn't a good sign.

John
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