Fly to work with the Transition flying car

Tweet If you live in a big city, like Johannesburg, you will be familiar with traffic and all the frustrations that come with it. It’s thought that the average person in Johannesburg spends between 3 to 4 hours sitting in traffic everyday. It’s when you stuck in a traffic jam that your mind wonders off and you think to yourself, ‘I wish I could fly to work’. Who would have thought that flying cars could ever become a reality?


 

Well, that may have been unrealistic 20 years ago, but today it’s a possibility with the Transition flying car. The Transition flying car, developed by Terrafugia, which means ‘escape from land’ in Latin, will make its debut at the New York International Auto Show taking place from April 5 2012.

The 440 kg Transition transforms from a car into a small plane and back into a car again with the wings unfolding in only 30 seconds. The car is 2m high, 2.3m wide and 6m long and when the wings unfold, the width increases to 8m.

The first successful test flight took place in 2009 and the Transition cruises at a speed of 172 km/h when flying, consuming 18.9 litres / h. The Transition uses unleaded petrol rather than Aviation fuel. On the tar, the Transition clocks 105 km/h with fuel consumption at 14.9 km / litre.

What do you think of the Transition?