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'Flying Car' unveiled at New York Auto Show

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    'Roadable aircraft' debuts

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Flying cars folks not just for the Jetsons anymore back in 2009.

Our -- Bill Hemmer he was about three years -- that's exactly back.

That he showed us this amazing prototype and now its inventors are back and -- unveiling their notable aircraft at the New York auto show.

Rick Leventhal is you know basically filling in the Bill -- I'm not.

I think it's upgrade -- -- I don't let what -- -- -- like.

Mark the -- they don't want to call it a flying car but that's what it is the transition street legal aircraft and it's for real.

And it's here at New York -- -- go these wings fold out.

In less than a minute.

And they say it's -- time it takes to put your convertible top -- on your convertible you can drive this thing on the road you can drive that your garage.

Driver to an airport.

But the wind down -- take -- that were to happen the propeller in the back that actually had a license plate.

This will be street legal.

According to the designer who we spent eleven years -- that MIT.

And working on this basically his whole life and now he's very very thrilled.

To be on the verge of putting this thing and production.

-- -- -- This is the first practical step.

In the direction.

The things that you have dreamed about and have seen -- pop culture and science fictional stuff.

This is what we can do today inside the existing regulatory infrastructure.

With -- known technology.

Hi this is very real.

And this is where you put the fuel regular unleaded.

Fuel goes right in there.

Could drive this thing makes it -- about -- the highway.

You -- -- 10010 miles an hour in the air.

All -- -- right there they tell me it's easier than any other board aircraft to fly.

-- It's really cool I know I am just wondering how -- is going to be a pharmacy like -- -- -- sixth avenue.

In front of welding here -- what can people actually buy could have attacked again.

Did 279000.

Dollars they're already taken a -- they say -- have a couple hundred people without iPods already we'll probably get more here at the auto show.

And this thing could go -- -- production late this year or early next year you're gonna -- -- driving down the highway they tell us.

And flying over your head.

I'm looking forward to that bill's going to be a lot of things happening map and I got my act today you have a very well here off.

The interior of this version three years -- remarkably better than almost three years ago you can see the digital displays in the gap yes panels and so I mean.

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