Soon Cars will be flying in Doha streets..
Flying car to hit the market in a year
Drivers hoping to slip the surly - and traffic-congested -bonds of Earth moved a step closer to realising their dream yesterday, as a US firm announced the successful test flight of a street-legal airplane. Massachusetts-based firm Terrafugia said their production prototype “Transition” car-plane had successfully carried out an eight-minute test flight, clearing the way for it to hit the market within a year. The two-seater craft costs around $279,000 (about QR1mn) and some 100 vehicles have already been ordered.
source : Gulftimes
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Some people in Qatar must have already ordered this..spending QR.1M for a car is no big deal in this part of the world..:)
Reminds me of chinese made toy helicopters you get in lulu. next time i go home, i will buy one such car for my kid..:)
I can still fly a car, all i need is proper equipment = weed :P
I will be able to go to bahrain without waiting for the bridge, and to Dubai without passing in saudi lands
Airspace Restrictions would be there as well.. Oh yaa will the Flying Cars be Equipped with RT for Communication with ATC regarding Air Traffic in the same Vicinity...
I am intrigued. If you are alone. How would you do the safety procedure - as in the airlines ?
lol this topic is getting funnier.
Smoke if they can fly a LC or a bike..you think they wont try this?? This car is not for normal people...
Like they don't fly already? I see them flying all the time whenever I'm on the Wakra Road, Landmark Road, etc. :-(
imagine on Qatar day! flying cars all over the place and crashing to buildings..
Price of land cruicer will be down
MUSE it wont be land cruisers it will have to be white air cruisers now :P
Flying land cruisers and Qataris. I think someone has to write a book concerning the same...chaos!!!
Rizks this type of car is not meant for you...you wont be able to fly anywhere with your long air wig..:P
Smokey, then cant flash while flying instead they will throw water baloons at each other in the sky....:)
looks funny car are flying.. lets see
How will they flash the flying car in front of them?
Can they fly to dubai over the weekend?
Can they park in the air and go to Lulu for shopping ? :)
Does it come with a remote control? It looks like it should...
What about honking at grocery stores and at drive through?
How about Signals ? will they be fined for jumping the RED signal from the sky ? :)
I am more worried about Noise Pollution!
Rizkz !! :) if not a direct drop , it might help. You need a stronger one though ;)
do u think helmets wil be of any help ? :(
i think the cars weight is above 1 ton and the helment will only save the head wat about the body ? :(
Will the government supply helmets to the pedestrians ??
The morning and evening rush in most of the roads will vanish. Thank God.
can anyone get license right away? or take flying courses?
so if this flyin car comes here the person has to take 2 lincense...one for driving the car and one for flying the car....lols
so the road traffic jam will become air jam
there driving is bad enough on land
What about Speed Radar on Sky ...???????
Yes means that there will need more people to work here!
Please FS April fools day has past :P besides the news is not practical. Think about it...just coz there will be flying cars made, its not the same as hopping in a car and driving around. Not everyone is gonna be happy to "fly" if they have fear of flying or whatever.
Flying cars are just sci fi imaginations and will never actually come into a common man's hands not anytime soon though.
So its like more accidents and double fatalities
And IF any accidents happen in Air the cars will fall on the cars runnin on road - double mishap....lols
Brite you should give me a lift...:)
It will be fun to see racing in Mid Air...but accidents wont be fun though..:(
LP, NO - how can a low income person afford to buy tat flying car ? :(
Hence, plz continue with the express way projects.
Now they can stop all the projects for express ways!
Great news!
Formatted Soul behind the wheel of a flying car :o(
Now instead of sparrows and piegons flying early morning while going to work...we will see cars flying,tail gating and flashing hornking in the air....:(