会飞的汽车即将面市
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美国马萨诸塞州一家公司最近研制出了一辆可以飞行的汽车，该车在本周首航成功，这部汽车也是目前首部可以折叠机翼的陆空两用汽车。
特拉夫基亚公司的CEO卡尔·迪尔奇科是麻省理工大学的高材生，从事多年工程师工作后创建了该公司。也是他向外界宣布了该飞车成功完成首次飞行的消息。
据介绍，该车内部配有两套驾驶系统，一套和普通汽车一样，一套和小型飞机一样。不过不用担心自己不会开飞机，车里还装备诸如全球卫星定位系统等高精尖设备，简单学习之后就可以驾驶它飞行。不过按照相关法律，要驾驶这辆汽车，至少需要持有一个运动飞行员的执照。
“Steering wheel, normal, gas pedal, normal, brake pedal, normal.” It's when you put the wings down and prepare for takeoff that things get really interesting. “There it is. Thirty seconds we are now an airplane.”
This is the Transition. It's currently under development by Massachusetts based Terrafugia corporate. The MIT grads who run the company are betting it could be the future of flight.
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“The vehicle like this has the potential to get more people involved in aviation.”
“It would be weird to see it on the streets? You are going to airport, and it’s next to you, then it just takes off.”
She’s right, it would take us getting used to, but in future maybe here sooner than you think. Earlier this month so called rotatable aircraft completed seven successful test flights in Plattsburgh New York. Just whatever you do, don't call it a flying car.
“This is an air plane first and foremost.”
Wings up, it can travel on any road and it's now narrow enough to park in you garage. Even filled up at your local service station, it runs on premium unleaded. In a year the 20 gallon tank can sustain flights of up to 500 miles. It requires for pilots license only 20 hours of instruction time away. Company officials say not only does Transition make flying easier for pilots also makes it easier for more people to become pilots.
“This is new freedom that we are selling.”
