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« on: March 03, 2010, 07:42:07 AM »
seems they can make a flying boat but we still get stuck in traffic pileups   Roll Eyes

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2010/mar/02/new-zealand-flying-hovercraft
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« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2010, 07:52:30 AM »
Wow you know hovercrafts have been around for decades now.  You want flying cars?  We don't have enough magnets to do all the roads to have the flying cars, plus everything in your house would then be drawn toward your walls from the pull of the roadways.  You can dream, but you can't even come close to inventing it.
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« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2010, 07:33:40 AM »
Quote from: Wiener on March 03, 2010, 07:52:30 AM
Wow you know hovercrafts have been around for decades now.  You want flying cars?  We don't have enough magnets to do all the roads to have the flying cars, plus everything in your house would then be drawn toward your walls from the pull of the roadways.  You can dream, but you can't even come close to inventing it.

weiner indeed they have used hovercraft for many years most notbly in the Florida everglades BUT did you see this one flying over top of a boat?
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« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2010, 08:22:16 AM »
It doesn't look all that stable, I would not want my kids driving it.
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2010, 10:25:30 PM »
I once had a car that flew. It flew end over end into the woods near old hannastown. Grin
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« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2010, 08:19:35 AM »
Quote from: escapeman on March 05, 2010, 10:25:30 PM
I once had a car that flew. It flew end over end into the woods near old hannastown. Grin
A cousin of mine had a Gremlin that flew, over the apple trees and on through the orchard.  They removed the branches and continued on to work.
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« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2010, 02:43:35 PM »
My '78 Town Car flew once, for a fleeting few moments back in the early '90s.  However, an embankment blocked it's flight path and the car failed to earn it's wings.  How I walked away from the aftermath still puzzles me to this day, and if ANYONE should have EVER had a DUI... 

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« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2010, 08:19:03 AM »
Quote from: CadillacMatt on March 07, 2010, 02:43:35 PM
My '78 Town Car flew once, for a fleeting few moments back in the early '90s.  However, an embankment blocked it's flight path and the car failed to earn it's wings.  How I walked away from the aftermath still puzzles me to this day, and if ANYONE should have EVER had a DUI... 

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Your altered state is probably what saved your ass from dying that day.  It is good that you learned your lesson though, for some it takes decades.
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« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2010, 04:35:17 PM »
http://www.aerocar.com/


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« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2010, 04:42:40 PM »
Nice, Donna. Seems odd the one who reads everything missed this.

Must not have been in a leftist publication.

Thanks for sharing.

I want one!
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« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2010, 05:43:33 PM »
Quote from: Donna in VA on March 10, 2010, 04:35:17 PM
http://www.aerocar.com/


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not bad but this one is taking orders:

http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=54794936&videoChannel=6   (includes a Jetson's scene)

and this California model (MY FAVE) has flown over water to avoid catastrophe

http://www.moller.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=57
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