Flying Car Proposals Sought by Pentagon

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Wed, 05/05/2010 - 15:44
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http://news.discovery.com/tech/flying-car-pentagon-jetsons.html

Apparently DARPA is interested in producing a flying car (called the Transformer) that can takeoff and land autonomously without the passengers needing pilot training.

I think some Botball students *cough Matt cough* may want to bid for the DARPA grants. :-P

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Tue, 05/25/2010 - 03:21
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http://www.terrafugia.com/

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Wed, 05/26/2010 - 17:50
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Dane: I'd like to just drive down a highway with one of those, just to see what kind of reaction I would get. :-P

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Wed, 10/19/2011 - 03:42
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a flying car? whew! sounds great..;)

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Mon, 01/30/2012 - 23:35
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I can't wait to see how this turns out! The LCAC was cool enough, but this is awesome

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