Flight Path: Taking to the Skies to Solve Congestion

In this article the author discusses the futuristic transportation possibility of hybrid land/air vehicles for personal use. Main obstacles to the development of such vehicles are safety, cost, and legislation, although the benefits listed include reducing demand for road space and thus traffic jams. One proposed design for these vehicles includes a $60,000 kit that, while in need of inspection and licensing from the FAA for home use, still will not need a full pilot’s license to be flown and will be able of achieving 60 or 70 mph on the ground and about 150 mph in the air. Flying cars, it is explained, will primarily rely on visual flight rules (VFR), which will be intelligible to today’s automobile drivers. Three main strategies for these vehicles exist: 1) car-type vehicles that can fly, 2) plane-type vehicles that can drive on conventional roadways, and 3) hovering cars.

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  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/32663949
• Authors:
  • Lawson, Jonathan
• Publication Date: 2007-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Illustrations; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 52-53, 55-57
• Serial:
  • Traffic Technology International
  • Publisher: AutoIntermediates Limited
  • ISSN: 1356-9252
  • Serial URL: http://www.ukipme.com/mag_traffic.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Ground vehicles; Hybrid vehicles
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Energy; Highways; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01052238
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 29 2007 7:41AM