(Terrafugia) The Terrafugia Transition can fly 450 miles at 115 miles per hour on a single tank of unleaded gasoline and drive at highway speeds.
Prototype "Transition" Takes to the Air
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NOVEMBER 17, 2009
John Roach, MSNBC

A prototype of what is billed by its makers as the world's first practical flying car took to the air 27 times in a series of test flights during the spring of 2009. The engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who built the Terrafugia Transition prefer to call their flying car a roadable aircraft –- an airplane that can be driven to and from the airport and parked in a garage.
The two-seat contraption transitions between car and plane in just 30 seconds by folding up or extending its wings. It can fly 450 miles at 115 miles per hour on a single tank of unleaded gasoline and drive at highway speeds. The team is currently working on a second-stage prototype that should be available for flight in 2011.
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