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Every pilot faces uncertain weather, rising costs, and ground transportation hassles on each end of the flight. The Transition® combines the unique convenience of being able to fold its wings with the ability to drive on any surface road in a modern personal airplane platform. Stowing the wings for road use and deploying them for flight at the airport is activated from inside the cockpit. This unique functionality addresses head-on the issues faced by today’s Private and Sport Pilots...Read Full Story

Every pilot faces uncertain weather, rising costs, and ground transportation hassles on each end of the flight. The Transition® combines the unique convenience of being able to fold its wings with the ability to drive on any surface road in a modern personal airplane platform. Stowing the wings for road use and deploying them for flight at the airport is activated from inside the cockpit. This unique functionality addresses head-on the issues faced by today’s Private and Sport Pilots...Read Full Story

We’re all used to seeing cars getting a face-lift but the motor that’s gotten itself refreshed here is the Terrafugia Transition . The new-look ‘roadable light sport aircraft’ (that’s flying car to the rest of us) was announced at the AirVenture show at OshKosh. You’ll be glad to hear that there’s more than cosmetics featuring on the new model. The new 30 miles per gallon car-plane has put on 50kg because of new, and much welcomed, road safety features such as a safety cage, crumple zones...Read Full Story

Massachusetts-based aerospace company Terrafugia recently announced that it has received a grant of all the special exemptions it had requested from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). These granted exemptions allow the Transition to use special tires and a windshield that are not ordinarily allowable for multi-purpose vehicles. The windshield is made with a weight-saving polycarbonate, which is substantially lighter and more shatterproof than traditional...Read Full Story

The Transition – Terrafugia Flying Car The Terrafugia Flying Car , also known as the Terrafugia Transition , made its maiden voyage on March 5, 2009, at New York’s Plattsburgh International Airport, making it the first plausible flying car to take flight. Operating at air speeds of 115 mph, it takes only 30 seconds to transform the Transition from airplane to car. The Terrafugia flying car was a dream machine for many, but its dorky design made quite a few stop short in their tracks...Read Full Story