• Question: will there ever be flying cars

    Asked by science is swag to Philip on 13 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Philip Ratcliffe

      Philip Ratcliffe answered on 13 Nov 2014:

      There already are, it’s just that we call them aeroplanes instead.
      Really, what you call a car and what instead you call an aeroplane is a bit artificial except that by convention one flies and te other doesn’t. I’m sure it’s not at all difficult to design something with foldable wings that doubles as both a car and a plane.
      But, but, … you need a special license to fly and permission to take off and land, with a well defined route etc. so I don’t think there would be that many customers.

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