It's a two-seater. Front-wheel-drive. Gets about 30 mpg on the highway. But give it a third of a mile of straight asphalt in front of it, and it really flies. Of course, you have to unfold the wings first.
Flying-car maker Terrafugia Inc. says it is setting up a low-volume production line for its Transition model in Woburn, Mass., the same town where the company headquarters are located. The company also says the price of its "roadable aircraft" will be higher than initially estimated.
This emergency directive issued by the FAA orders the operators of certain models of the Boeing 737 to do emergency inspections. The FAA warns that there may be metal fatigue issues related to the number of takeoff and land cycles performed by the planes. This is the same problem that was seen in the Aloha Airlines flight 243 crash.
This bill was passed in direct response to the Aloha Airlines Flight 243 crash. There is a full text copy of the bill available in Embry-Riddle's Library.