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Rhiannon12866

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2. They do exist and are for sale - for a few hundred thousand:
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 04:53 AM
Apr 2017
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Flying car to go on sale

It may not be quite like the Jetsons, but for a few hundred thousand dollars you too can soon fly around in a car.

A Slovakian company called AeroMobil unveiled on Thursday its version of a flying car, a light frame plane whose wings can fold back, like an insect, and is boosted by a hybrid engine and rear propeller.

It will be available to preorder as soon as this year but is not for everyone: besides the big price tag, you'd need a pilot's license to be able to use it in the air.

"I think it's going to be a very niche product," said Philip Mawby, professor of electronic engineering and head of research at the University of Warwick.

Several companies are working on flying cars, either like Aeromobil's two-seater that needs a runway, or others that function more like helicopters, lifting off vertically. But not many companies are seriously looking at marketing these vehicles anytime soon, Mawby said.

"The technology is there... The question is bringing it to the market at an affordable cost, and making it a useful product."

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/bird-plane-flying-car-sale-46911519


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