Detail What Happened to the Flying Car?   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 402 no. 8774 (Mar. 2012), page s3-s4. Topik: Flying Car; Pilot's License; Triangulate Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.70 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel For a generation of baby-boomers it has been a source of huge disappointment. They grew up believing that one day they would fly to work in their very own sky cars--only to find themselves still very much grounded. More than a century after the Wright brothers first took to the air, personal aviation remains an unrealized dream. But there have been some recent signs of progress, thanks to advances in technology and changes in regulation. More than a dozen flying cars are in development, and Terrafugia, a firm based in Woburn, Massachusetts, is about to launch the first commercial model, the Transition. The Transition is perhaps best described as a road plane, rather than a flying car. This category was partly intended to plug gaps created by unregulated small aircraft, but there was another reason to introduce it, says Carl Dietrich, Terrafugia's co-founder and chief executive: to spur innovation and make it easier to get a pilot's license. Part of the FAA's remit is to promote flight, yet getting a license is difficult and time-consuming. Safety is paramount, of course, but in theory this could be made simpler for people who want to fly a simpler class of plane. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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