I've found a promotional film for the Advanced Vehicle Engineers Mizar, a roadable airplane of the 1970s based on a Ford Pinto. It was married to the wings and rear engine of a Cessna Skymaster.

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(It's over 10 minutes long, but dull until 3:10 or so; I've tried to start the clip there but I'm not sure whether that Youtube feature will work ( Read more... )

Terrafugia announced today that the Transition, their prototype roadable aircraft, has made seven test flights, starting on 5 March.

Wade Roush was liveblogging the press conference.

Photo Gallery on the Terrafugia site.

Tip o' the propeller blade to whl, who spotted this well before my Google News alerts did. Paul Warman and Mike Blanford took ( Read more... )

The Boston Globe has an article about a new company, started by MIT grad students, working on a flying car. The Terrafugia Transition is a roadable airplane with folding wings.