Passengers might shoot back! do we need new laws about dropping anvils on houses?
-g On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 2:29 PM Pete Soper via TriEmbed < [email protected]> wrote: > I heard they're being careful to ensure the flying cars don't look like > drones in case somebody has a shot gun. :-) > > -Pete > On 3/27/19 2:25 PM, Gregg Tracton via TriEmbed wrote: > > Flying cars DO exist. Not only is New Zealand starting a bulk taxi > service over > the mountains, but at least 6 other vendors have them in the pipelines, > with 3 for sale right now. > One vendor has a runway/car version for sale now (flies, plus wings fold > back > to make it street legal, uses car gas), > and is developing a VTOL (vertical takeoff/landing) due out in about a > year. > TODAY: you can ride 30 miles for ~$250 in many large cities. > Although that's out of most budgets, it's perfect for executives, > emergencies (transplant organs), and tourists, and competes with heli > costs. > The amazing thing about many of these is that most are fully- or > semi-automated, > that is, only 3 hours to learn to fly some; 0 hours of training in others > (awaiting FAA clearance). > > > _______________________________________________ > Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list > > To post message: [email protected] > List info: http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org > TriEmbed web site: http://TriEmbed.org > To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: mailto: > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe > > -- Gregg Tracton: tired, retired & mostly unattired (PJ's)
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