Finally, a flying car that actually works

Futurists have been promising us flying cars
for decades, but most of the proposals we've seen have looked pretty
lame. Most are tiny aircraft with folding wings and small road wheels,
making them pretty lousy both on the road and in the sky.














The Maverick from Florida based I-TEC takes a completely different
approach. In place of small fixed wings with limited lift, it uses a
type of powered parachute called a ram-air wing, making it much easier
to fly. Based on a dune buggy like vehicle, the Maverick can be
converted to flying mode in a few minutes by a single person, and can
take off in as little as 300 feet at 40 mph. In road-going mode the
Maverick's light weight and 140-hp Subaru engine translates to an
eye-opening 3.9 second 0-60-mph sprint, and a 90-mph top speed.



I-TEC says the Maverick will be available starting some time next
year, and that it can be driven with a regular driver's license, or
flown with a sport pilot's license. The price was not announced.

Looks pretty fun.

This would be a perfect vehicle for the airborne jihadist division. Imagine: a group of these explosive vehicles flying down and jihading in town square!

Couple of rednecks with a shotgun should fix that.

Not unless Al Quada and friends support lobbying for gun laws in the US! That will surely stop those emos.