World's first flying car gets green light

Flying car closer to reality

The Terrafugia Transition is about to become the world's first production flying car.

In development since 2006, the flying car was always hindered by American Federal Aviaton Administration (FAA) rules.

It was developed as a 'light sport' category aircraft, which means potential pilots need only register 20 hours flying time to legally take it to the skies. Full private flying licenses are very costly and time consuming to obtain.

But Terrafugia couldn't keep the weight under the 1,320lb limit for a light sport plane once car safety features like airbags, crumple zones and a safety cage were added.

However, the FAA has bent it's own rules and allowed the Transition light sport status - paving the way for those with around £130,000 and a spare 20 hours to buy one.HERE