A legit flying car

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Flying cars are an insult to aviation and pavement, a lame compromise at best.

I work with a lot of companies trying to figure this out...nothing will happen until autonomy happens and a pilot is not required.

Good luck with the lawsuits.

Right, your avg person can barely drive a car much less pilot a plane.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Most civil airports have loaner cars for free if you just need to get around a little. Just fill up the airplane at that FBO and drive the car for free.

Amazing what the FBO will give you with the purchase with 300+ bucks in fuel.

Funny you say that.

I stopped at small airports all the time on cross country flights when I was flying SH-60B's that had "contract fuel", meaning I could put it on a government credit card.

This was in the '80's when Green Stamps and other incentives were offered.

I would buy 500 GALLONS of gas. I, of course, couldn't keep any incentives so I made a lot of private pilots happy with Green Stamps

[Coverman]

Non- pilots don't realise how long the preflight checks take; airplane, weather, nav; that is if you want to stay alive after the return to earth.
Shortly after I became joint owner of a plane, I decided to fly to a customer whose premises were right beside a general aviation airport. When I taxied in, I could see the plant on the other side of the perimeter fence. It would have been a three mile walk each way, but fortunately they customer came to collect me, and drove me back afterwards. No loaner cars at UK FBOs that I have ever noticed. Just adverts posted for taxis.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese

So it kinda sucks as being a plane and kinda sucks as being a car.

The plane version of an Amphicar.

[KNS]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Most civil airports have loaner cars for free if you just need to get around a little. Just fill up the airplane at that FBO and drive the car for free.

Amazing what the FBO will give you with the purchase with 300+ bucks in fuel.

Yeah, it's pretty cool that that still exists and it seems the smaller, more rural the airport the more generous they are with the loaner.

[pmax]

[jyl]

I’m still waiting for the jetpack. Or fanpack, I’m not picky.

[Jrboulder]

A flying car you can take home sounds pretty good when you're 5 years down the waiting list for a hangar.