Re: [scifinoir2] Flying Car approved by FAA

2010-07-13 Thread Martin Baxter
I've heard about it. Someone in Clayton County (where Hartsfield-Jackson is) is protesting the installation of the tower it'll take, because of property issues. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: That's very true. I live near the flight path and if you

Re: [scifinoir2] Flying Car approved by FAA

2010-07-12 Thread Martin Baxter
DEFINITELY not an urban setting. At any given moment, 50,000 people tying to take to the skies=at least 100 crashes. On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: There is that little town in Florida that is small plane friendly. I think John Travolta owns a house

Re: [scifinoir2] Flying Car approved by FAA

2010-07-12 Thread Mr. Worf
That's very true. I live near the flight path and if you combine all of that plus careless drivers and we will have issues. I'm just hoping that they use the new satellite based system to help out with takeoffs and landings. (have you heard about that yet? They just installed it here.) On Mon,

Re: [scifinoir2] Flying Car approved by FAA

2010-07-11 Thread Mr. Worf
There is that little town in Florida that is small plane friendly. I think John Travolta owns a house there. Taking off from the street wouldn't be illegal there. I could see that working in some areas or more rural areas but not in a urban setting. On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Kelwyn

Re: [scifinoir2] Flying Car approved by FAA

2010-07-10 Thread Martin Baxter
rave, I don't care about the looks. If I owned it, and did one take-off or landing in a public place, I've got dates for the next six months. That, on top of the joy of flying... I'm going to get my license. On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:

[scifinoir2] Flying Car approved by FAA

2010-07-09 Thread Kelwyn
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/09/ridiculous-looking-f.html Next year, those of you with a sport pilot license and $194,000 to burn will be able to buy an honest-to-Doc-Brown flying car. Take-off requires a mere 1/3 of a mile runway, which Popular Science says means you could use your