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Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 03-30-2001, 02:13 AM:
I just saw a news article on the car of the future - one that will fly. OOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKK............
As far as the highway is concerned, there are so many dilrods that should not have a driver's license in the first place.
Flying cars? I can see it now - hundreds of thousands of cars flying through the air, with an equal number of mid-air collisions.
If highly trained aircraft pilots can't stay out of each other's way, I think we will be in a very interesting time of history when the average joe blow that doesn't know his backside from two bits is put in the cockpit of a flying car.
Then I wonder where they are going to land that damn thing. Parking spaces are almost impossible to find now.
Posted by Robert Golding (Member # 746) on 03-30-2001, 02:24 AM:
That's great. I can increase the number of car we allow at our drive in. Lets see we hold 501, should be able to hover another 501 at least. Maybe we will only run half a week and make as much money. It will help out the energy shortage out here as well as the bottom line. When do these cars go on sale?
Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-30-2001, 02:53 AM:
I wonder if they'll make that sound like George Jetson's car did in "The Jetsons?" I hope so! Childhood dreams come true! 
Oh wait, I own a theatre, I'll never be able to afford one of these. 
Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-30-2001, 02:56 AM:
I want a flying car. I don't want everyone else to have a flying car, though. I don't think that "just anybody" will be able to get them.Where would we land them? We would land them on Paul G. Thompson's house and yard, of course! Seriously though, look to see this utilized as mass transit first (like a bus) that will be guided and not able to veer off any which way. Will they crash? We'll see.
Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 03-30-2001, 03:26 AM:
Hey! (_!B!_), Joe! I am in the middle of navy aircraft bounce pattern now as it is. All they do is make noise, including pissing hydraulic fluid and jet fuel all over the windshields of my cars.
I don't need a 1939 flying Buick adding to it. That's worse than a 500 pound seagull.
I wish I had a diarrhea machine that was capable through osmosis of causing the pilots to develop a screaming case of the shizeling drits and could not make it to the bathroom. Then, nobody would want to fly that aircraft again.
Maybe there would be some peace and quiet around here then...
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 03-30-2001, 07:35 AM:
A flying car in New York City...absolutely make mine a 58 Impala convertible, as long as I don't get into a perpendicular traffic jam it will be great. Paul where did you see this?
Posted by Jerry Chase (Member # 660) on 03-30-2001, 08:10 AM:
Was the article about some guy named Mosser (sp?). If so, he's been trying to promote flying cars for years. I remember seeing articles about him in the early 1970s. He apparently gets enough investors interested that he can continue his "research" and make a good living besides. He always is "just on the verge of going into production" and spinning off promotional material. After twenty years of hearing his hype, my personal opinion is that the guy is a huckster and snake-oil salesman.FWIW, I've seen a couple of flying cars at the big transportation museum in Denver and elsewhere. The one with the trailer in back for the wings looked like it would be a pain in the butt. There was another made of plywood that looked like someone had taken a section of wing, chopped it off at 8' width and added a windshield and propeller. According to the display, it actually flew and the inventor used it for a while. I don't count the auto-gyros that were promoted during the early days of helicopters, but some of those could be considered flying cars.
The name of that museum was the Forney Museum, ( www.forneymuseum.com ). I highly recommend it for anyone interested in trasportation. There is one of the big challenger locomotives on display, tons of autos including steam cars, horse drawn wagons and carriages, and a bunch of other exhibits. The web page sucks, but when I saw the museum in 1992 at the old building the collection was friggin' amazing.
Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 03-30-2001, 09:33 AM:
We already have flying cars! Anybody with enough $$ can buy one!......They call them HELICOPTERS!
Posted by Greg Mueller (Member # 17) on 03-30-2001, 09:38 AM:
My shop was on the Arlington airport for a number of years, and there was a business there that was trying to make money, I mean flying cars. They were always getting new investors. All I ever saw was some mockups which looked like the spinner in the first Star Wars film. They were always getting new backers and always almost ready to make it work (just a little more funding).
How would these kids lower a flying car?------------------
Greg Mueller
Amateur Astronomer, Machinist, Filmnut
Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 03-30-2001, 10:48 AM:
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the movie "Fifth Element" which had some awesome 3D driving shots with cars going all over the place through the air. Imaging what traffic control would be like in 3D.Evans
Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 03-30-2001, 11:08 AM:
Considering how many people seem to be incapable of driving non-flying automobiles in a safe and courteous manner, I think that I would prefer not to ever let any of them near a flying car.
Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-31-2001, 01:32 AM:
Paul, I saw a tv show that spoke of the same thing. My first thought was, that'll never work because no one would observe traffic patterns. Heck, they blow past stop signs now! Anyway, there are too many morons on the road for this to ever come true.That's all you'd need, is some idiot coming up from under and crashing into you. Or from above.
The show later concluded, as I did almost immediately, that it could never work for these reasons.
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Better Projection Pays!
Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 03-31-2001, 02:38 AM:
Supposedly, they are going to be computer controlled. Cool. Reboot in the middle of the flight! Oh, Gosh - My gyros tumbled.
Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-31-2001, 03:49 AM:
If the cars are controlled by Windows® then we are in trouble. Or anything controlled by MicroSoft®™© for that matter.
Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 03-31-2001, 11:51 AM:
Ha! Gives new meaning to the Blue Screen Of Death! A fatal exception has occurred ...
Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 03-31-2001, 04:15 PM:
Hi, Joe and Adam:
Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 03-31-2001, 08:20 PM:
Flying cars at drive-ins?I can see it now...some numb-nut hovers within the beam of the projector, casting a shadow on the screen and teeing off other patrons... 
Posted by Jason Burroughs (Member # 68) on 04-02-2001, 12:35 AM:
Speaking of flying cars, weren't we supposed to have invented time travel and be living on the moon by now?
Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 04-02-2001, 01:28 AM:
What?! You haven't been to the moon? Time travel is so yesterday! 
Literally! Didn't you travel an hour into the future with us last night? And that trip back in time last fall was so fun ... We'll have to do it again this year.
Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 04-02-2001, 05:53 AM:
Hey - the link to this thing came up again on AOL. Since I haven't figured out how to make the "click here" thing work on Film-Tech, even after I have read the instructions, you are welcome to that link. Simply email me, and I'll send it to you.
Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 09-27-2002, 07:36 AM:
Check this out, especially the videos
http://www.moller.com/skycar/ cheers Peter
Posted by Rick Long (Member # 213) on 09-27-2002, 02:01 PM:
Aha! NOW we know where all those strange crop circles come from.
Posted by Chris Markiewicz (Member # 1415) on 09-27-2002, 10:20 PM:
Check out Kevin Smith's "Flying Car" short on View Askew's website.
Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 09-28-2002, 09:38 AM:
A friend of mine is an automobile engineer at the University of Aachen in Western Germany. They have been working on a vehicle that can swim, drive and fly. It is more like a small glider with a propeller that can fold its wings. But it is not intended for general use, rather as a sports vehicle.
A neighbour has a car that can swim! I don`t know what make it is, I think it is from a small German or Swiss manufacturer that doesn`t exist anymore. The car is from the 1950s. There are two small propellers at the back. It still works and sometimes he goes driving/swimming around in a nearby lake.
Posted by Chris Markiewicz (Member # 1415) on 09-28-2002, 08:15 PM:
Michael,
The swimming car was known as the Amphicar. It was indeed German, but used a Triumph Herald (I think) motor. Do a Google search for Amphicar; there are many links to owner's clubs and collectors.
Chris
Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 09-28-2002, 08:33 PM:
Flying cars would need hovering signs. Even though my day job is sign-designer-extraordinaire, don't ask me how anyone would make a sign of any type levatate.Besides, all that flying stuff would cost waaaaay too much money. Doing things cheap and half-assed will keep any such thing from becoming a reality anytime in the forseeable future. Hovering cars? As in perhaps a few feet off the ground? Maybe in 500 years.
Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 09-28-2002, 10:07 PM:
Yes, the car pictured on amphicar.net is the one I know. It is really funny to see it swim.
Michael
Posted by Rick Long (Member # 213) on 09-28-2002, 10:59 PM:
Coming Soon : Hoovering advertising bill-boards.
Posted by David Favel (Member # 1125) on 09-29-2002, 01:24 AM:
Coming Soon : Hoovering advertising bill-boardsYea, ad agencies would really clean up with that.
Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 12-20-2002, 08:50 AM:
Ah, yes, The Fifth Element. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
Korben Dallas gets an unexpected visitor when Leelo crashes her way through the roof of his vehicle.
That picture also has one of the coolest names for a villain. Look at the way his name was revealed: Jean-Francois . . . Emmanuel . . . Zorg.
BTW Warner Bros. includes a flying car in the latest newspaper ads for Harry Potter 2. "Come to Hogwarts for the Holidays."
Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 12-20-2002, 10:13 AM:
And then there was the flying car in "The Man With The Golden Gun", that really was a flying car, not a special effect.
Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 12-20-2002, 10:26 AM:
I recall there was also a flying car scene at the end of "Thelma and Louise" which looked very realistic.