Bird? Plane? No, It's A Flying Car
Bird? Plane? No, It's A Flying Car: AeroMobil is the Plane You Can Drive to Work
Photos Courtesy of AeroMobil
Leaving your office during rush hour in Los Angeles to make dinner at
French Laundry in Napa Valley might seem impossible, but it won't be if
AeroMobil has a
say. The sleek, stylish flying car can take you out of the parking lot,
and into the air—all you need is a runway and a destination.
Built using a light-weight steel framework and carbon coating, the
AeroMobil reaches a top speed of 100mph on land and 124mph in the air.
While it isn’t exactly the fastest mode of transportation, the plane-car
hybrid will make traveling longer distance a lot easier. It’s also
designed to run on regular (okay, premium-grade) gas, making it convenient too.
In
what has been 20 years in the making, creators Štefan Klein (who
previously worked as a designer and researcher for BMW, Audi and
Volkswagen) and Juraj Vaculík (who has a colorful background in
advertising, theater and political activism) hope to make the AeroMobil
commercially available in the very near future. Their creation takes
just a few seconds to go from car to plane and the nearly 27-foot-wide
wings unfold with the flick of a switch.
Its
collapsible wings make the vehicle just small enough to fit into a
parking spot when it’s in car mode, but don’t expect to easily parallel
park the AeroMobil—it’s about 60 feet long. Plus, it only carries two
passengers—which is great for making that dinner date. No word on price
yet, but we'll be keeping an eye out.
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