Why not flying cars?
As a child, back in the 60 and 70 of the twentieth century (I swear I'm not older), always said that in 2000 the cars would fly. The sci-fi movies of the time trying to show that imagined future. But then children and adults for that year were disappointed between traffic jams at the entrances of cities. Funnels completely glued to the floor. Sure some were also aware of the tails of planes waiting to land that was in most airports. Not only that, sometimes had no air corridors for all those planes. Thus, from the 80's, have been shortening the waiting time between landing and the other in a track and reduce the margins between air corridor to another. Proceeds from this issue of airspace crash occurred on Long Island, in the state of New York and soon after the attacks of 11-S. An airplane accidentally ended up on the trail without oxygen from a previous machine and lost two engines in full approach maneuvers.
How can we put the car in the sky if the sky professionals no longer have room? We
in 2010 and my car is not able to get off the ground. Not even when I put a CD of "Red Baron" at full speed. But this inability does not respond to a technological problem, but rather to the sum of safety issues, citizenship and economics.
many years leading automotive companies abandoned projects create a flying car. Technologically it's really simple, but an effort would cost could not be economic to replace economically nor prestige. In addition, a flying car would have a very high consumption just as we try to achieve more environmentally friendly vehicles or work with renewable energy.
remember in 1976 I saw an article about a North American manufacturer of flying cars. Those cars were ordinary cars, but to get to the garage to house your driver will put two wings, a tail and a propeller. Also changed the wheel for another type of command. The garage was actually a hangar and if he had entered through a front door facing a street, a back gave him access to a landing and takeoff community.
This may surprise you, but in the central U.S. There are many such developments surrounding a runway for small planes and this vehicle seemed ideal convertible car. But it really should not be because today there is only normal planes taking off from these airports private. In addition, all drivers need a license and learning and takeoffs, flights and landings are fully controlled from the ground. Flight plans are absolutely necessary, otherwise, the signal produced by any vehicle that has no flight plan is treated as a UFO, and generates an alert to the aviation authorities in the area. Loa
unlicensed friends end up flying parachute jumping, flying hang gliders or ultralight ... and have to follow rules.
But the flying car can be a frustration even more than we think. Especially when you know people who move in four-wheel everywhere ... even to get the newspaper, as they say. In this area of \u200b\u200bthings, the closest thing to flying what are some stretches of the Autobahn where there is no speed limit. Thus, in the Germanic countries, have come to accept changes in speed sports than the Formula One. Unfortunately a small mistake of driving and the vehicle may be terminated by either separate asphalt wheels ... there is only one possible outcome But it still may be worse when they continue their flight enthusiasts career beyond permitted areas and without regard to other users of this route. Needless to say, the traffic police of this country has created Hi-tech items to punish these offenders so ... fast.
When parents of aviation took to the race's first flight apparatus useful lapidary phrase someone said to stop that race: "If God had wanted man to fly would have given wings." But an unfortunate phrase could not stop this development. I do not think that phrase had been for the desire to fly in the family car. That were about to convince the police of traffic in the vicinity of Paris, where for three weeks, several radar detectors were speeding in the air took a picture with the message: speed 900 mph. French police had to upgrade their equipment to launch the picture in time to spot the offending car which was a Mirage 2000 from French Air Force flying low along the stretch of highway. They say he passed the pilot or pilots authors of the prank, but the name or names were not disclosed. In any case I think the idea of \u200b\u200bflying cars "planned" in the imagination of those who knew the news before the picture ... Finish.
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