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The Terrafugia Flying Car

cool stuff — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:03:08 +0000

The Terrafugia Transition, a light aircraft that can convert into a road-legal automobile, is to go into production after being given a special weight exemption by the US Federal Aviation Administration.

Terrafugia Transition cruising speed in the air is 115 mph, with a 460 mile range. It requires 1/3 mile runway to take off and can fit in a standard garage.

Walk up to a car door, open up a car door, get in and sit in a car seat. How cool is that, if you’ve climbed in and out of small airplanes before you realize what a nice feature that is. In side the cockpit of the Terrafugia you have all the normal displays as a normal airplane, and a normal car. A little bit about the controls… when in the road mode, there is a steering wheel, gas pedal, and a brake. When you change into airplane mode, your feet go out on 2 rudder pedals, the stick comes up from the floor and folds up, then you have a stick, throttle, and rudder pedals, just like any other airplane, so that any pilot can fly it. Any driver can drive it… and any pilot can fly it.

I want to pull up to somebody’s driveway and unfold the wings and have an airplane in their drive…and wonder how it got there.

Watch the promotional video below

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K-7

cool stuff — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:59:28 +0000

The one and only K-7 first flew on 11 August 1933. In the 1930s, the Russian army was obsessed with the idea of creating huge aircraft. At that time, they were designed to have as many propellers as possible to help carry those huge flying fortresses into the air. Would have loved to see this K-7 plane take off and fly.

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Redline 500a 1984

cool stuff — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:26:28 +0000

This was THE bike. I picked this out at the beginning of the summer, 1984. I mowed lawns and worked all summer to save up the $200 for this bike. I remember looking at the picture everyday to keep me motivated. Couldn’t believe it, soon after I bought it, it was stolen… bummer.

I’ll never forget that bike…

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