I agree that this one is particularly ugly. I liked the one that was in
the Dutch news this week better: http://pal-v.com/
In some respect it has much in common with a trailer boat. It gives you
the option to take it to another place to launch from and it gives you
better storage/parking options.
In many places the price of renting parking (hangar) space for your
plane is a substantial part of operational expenses when owning a plane.
A flying car has the advantage that you do not have to leave it at the
airport per se, and that it fits in more or less normal sized garages at
cheaper locations and under your own guard.
Andre
On 04/04/2012 06:45 AM, Craig Haynie wrote:
On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 16:24 -0400, Jed Rothwell wrote:
What is it with flying cars? It seems like the worst idea ever. Why
not just rent a car at the airport? Even small airports usually have
them. Anyway, here is the latest:
http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/04/03/flying_cars_terrafugia_announced_flying_car_has_made_first_flight.html
- Jed
It's another degree of freedom. For those of us who are private pilots,
we have a tremendous range of territory at our finger tips. We can fly
1,000 miles for a weekend trip, but many airports don't have rental cars
readily available, and the terms of the lease are such that it's
impractical to rent a car for a short period of time. If we can land,
drive around town for a couple of hours, take-off, then land at another
airport, with ground transportation readily available, then the world
will be at our fingertips... finally!
Craig
