Flying cars are cool, but inspections autonomous VTOLs are more lucrative ventures

    Terrafugia, the world’s first flying car launches Seeker, a quick and quiet autonomous VTOL. Terrafugia announces the launch of a new brand, Commaris, and the brand’s first product, the Seeker, an innovative, electric, fixed-wing/VTOL hybrid aircraft designed explicitly for autonomous commercial aerial applications. Terrafugia was founded in 2006 with the goal of delivering … Read more

Flying cars are getting closer to takeoff: Terrafugia Transition obtained FAA certificate

    The flying vehicle that received the certificate is legal for flight and represents the initial version of the Terrafugia Transition roadable aircraft. Terrafugia Announces FAA Special Light-Sport Airworthiness Certificate. This roadable aircraft will require a Sport Pilot certificate and driver’s license to operate. Terrafugia has reached a significant milestone by obtaining an FAA … Read more

The Terrafugia Transition, the world’s first practical flying car, is announcing new features

  Terrafugia presents updates for its two-seat auto and aircraft. As a single vehicle that can fly & drive, it’s designed to kick off the Mobility Revolution.   The first production flying vehicles by Terrafugia will come to market in 2019, announced the company at EAA AirVenture 2018 in Oshkosh. Terrafugia announced new features in … Read more

Gyroplanes: PAL-V flying car could be the future of personal transportation

The ideea of flying car is in the air and it becomes clear that it is shaping the future of urban mobility. After the US-based Terrafugia said they had successfully tested their own street-legal plane called the “Transition”, the gyrocopter of a Dutch company has just proved it can handle the skies as well as … Read more

Terrafugia Transition, the flying car ready for Take-Off

Terrafugia, developer of the Transition Roadable Aircraft officially received a grant of all of the special exemptions it had requested from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).  Terrafugia’s Transition is the first combined flying-driving vehicle to receive such special consideration from the Department of Transportation since the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards came into … Read more