Flying Car or Roadable Aircraft?For anyone who’s ever wanted to skip airport security lines and boarding delays, a newly designed flying car may pave the way for future personal transportation.
Developers unveiled a scale model of the redesigned Transition "roadable aircraft" (pictured in a digital rendering) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Monday. The new design is both a rear-wheel drive road vehicle and a light sport aircraft that can cruise at 105 miles (170 kilometers) an hour.Developed by the Terrafugia company, the tweaked design—which adds carlike headlights and a license plate holder, among other things—follows a proof-of-concept Transition, which was successfully tested in 2009.

Image courtesy Terrafugia

Pictures: New Flying-Car Design Revealed

The first flying car with a shot at making it to market got a new look Monday, as seen in pictures of the craft as a car, a plane—and something in-between.

July 29, 2010