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Spare me the Transition

How wise is this, exactly? The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given the go-ahead to a company that builds flying cars.

That may sound like a possible double solution to constraints on Heathrow expansion and congestion on the M25, but how safe will it be to have any number of these things hopping up and down?

Terrafugia, based in Massachusetts, makes what it calls the Transition Roadable Aircraft, which has four wheels, a propeller and fold-up wings. You can see the thing in flight and on the road here.

The FAA has granted the firm an exemption from normal take-off weight restrictions so the Transition can meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as a 'roadable aircraft' that "gives pilots a convenient ground transportation option", allowing them "to drive under bad weather".

It can fly at up to 115 mph and drive at "highway speeds" on the road, apparently making travel "a hassle-free, integrated land-air experience".

Unhappily, land experiences on the road are rarely hassle-free and having some clown come into land ahead of you won't reduce the hassle. God forbid there is some idiot somewhere trying to put wings on a sports utility vehicle.

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