You will soon come across flying car in Britain, with experts in aviation saying that a flying car could be the reality in five years time in Britain, as a model was recently approved by America.
The Terrafugia Transition, priced around $250,000 is an aircraft for two with a 115mph of top speed, and a 500 miles fuel tank capacity that will need only 20 hours of training to learn to fly.
The car takes only 15 seconds after pushing a button for the wings to automatically fold up and power from the propeller to re-rout to its rear wheels. The car has a max power of 65mhp and can easily fit into a regular sized garage as well.
The founder of the Terrafugia, Carl Dietrich, said that its like a small Transformer model, referring to popular children’s games, which is now a blockbuster film franchise. While, the model is primarily targeted at US buyer, which has a lot of airstrips and fly-in communities ranging around 600, a popular fan being actor John Travolta that owns a Boeing 707 plane, it has garnered interest from as many as 20 Britons, who have declared their interest in this carbon-fibre vehicle.
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