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A plane that can be driven will be out and operating in a few years
Kirsten Rabke
Sep. 13, 2006
The aviation and car industries will merge as vehiles will fly as well could be driven on the road.
According to a media report, Terrafugia, a "roadable aircraft" developer that emerged out of MIT, has devised a flight simulator for its aircraft (which can be downloaded here). The application runs on top of the X-Plane simulator for Laminar Research.
Potential buyers can also now plunk down $7,400, or 5 percent of the anticipated $148,000 purchase price, for a deposit on a Transition. The planes will come out in late 2009. A fully operational prototype is expected to come out in 2008.
Some third parties have already put deposits down, according to Anna Mracek, COO of Terrafugia. If you put a deposit down today, you would be reserving an airframe number between 20 and 30. (Some early airframes will go to planes sent to government agencies for testing.)
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