The Terrafugia Transition Has Made It At Last!

it has been allowed to fly for more than a year,

but could not take to the road as it was not road legal, but all of that has changed, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has officially announced the Terrafugia Transition, called a 'roadable aircraft' by its makers, can now be legally driven on America's roads, allowances have been made to some of the plane/cars specifications such as using airplane-style plastic windows instead of the safety glass usually used in cars, as it would be too heavy, also to use heavier-grade tyres, which are not normally allowed on multi-purpose vehicles, the first one for a customer is due to appear on the roads or in the sky in 2012,

it measures 19ft long and just 5ft 6ins wide when the wings are folded up, but they have a full span of 27ft, it has a top speed of 65mph on the road, but that soars to 115mph in the air, drivers can convert it from a two-seater road car to a plane in less than 30 seconds with the touch of a button, now the important bit, it costs $200,000 - about the same price as a Ferrari - and can be reserved online for what Terrafugia describes as a 'modest' $10,000 deposit, I have mentioned this car/plane before on the blog, just one slight snag though, it takes 1,700 feet of roadway to take off from, but for the company success at last, start filing the order books now!