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AeroMobil to debut production ready flying car
from fox
Austria-based firm Slovakia Aeromobil has announced its plans to unveil a production-ready flying car at the Pioneers Festival in Vienna this month
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We have been closing in on the future for a while now. We already have pocket computers, friendly robots, smart watches that was once thought as a distant dream. All that was missing was the flying car. But now Aeromobil seems to have covered that as well.
The latest version — Aeromobil 3.0 is the result of the continuous work by designer Stefan Klein that dates back to 1990. This flying car is capable of transforming from a car to a plane simply by unfolding wings that fit alongside the vehicle’s cockpit and starting a propeller that is in the car’s rear.
The AeroMobil 3.0 gets a steel framework and carbon coating construction, weighing at 450kg. It can seat two people and is equipped with a Rotax 912 engine that has a range of 700km in flight mode and 875km on road. The flying car consumes 15 litres per hour for flying, and 12.5kmpl while driving. The claimed top-speed of the car is 200 kmph in air and 160kmph on road. This vehicle can fit into a regular parking space, and can be refuelled at any petrol pump.
AeroMobil 3.0 will debut at the Pioneers Festival in Vienna on October 28, 2014.
An early Aviation Scientist
from nationalaviation.org
Octave Chanute
Scientist
Enshrined 1963
1832-1910
A self-taught engineer (and a very good one), Chanute designed the first railroad bridge over the Missouri River, as well as the Union Stockyards in Chicago and Kansas City. When his interest in aviation blossomed, it rapidly grew into an obsession. Chanute became a tireless and selfless champion of the invention of the airplane. He collected aviation research and made it available to all who requested it. In 1894, he published a compendium of early aviation experiments that served to inspire, among others, Orville and Wilbur Wright.
- Chanute published his classic book Progress in Flying Machines in 1894.
- In 1896 he began to search for automatic flight control by designing and building a series of gliders which flew successfully.
- He was the individual who made Europe aware of the success of the Wright Brothers.
Biography
Chanute had attained an outstanding reputation as civil engineer when, in 1875, he visited Europe and learned of the extensive efforts being made there, particularly by F.H. Wenham in England, to develop mechanical flight.
Not until he retired from his engineering business in 1889 did Chanute have opportunity for personal study and experiment in aeronautics. With the same analytical persistence that had made him a successful engineer he undertook to learn what had gone before. The result was his groundbreaking book, Progress in Flying Machines, published in 1894.
In 1896 at Dune Park, Indiana, about 60 miles from his home in Chicago, he began experiments with gliders, three of which were of his own design and two designed by others. Chanute’s advanced age prevented him from piloting them himself but his scientific observations of the glides by his assistants, and his generous sharing of the results broadened interest and advanced the art.
Not satisfied just to record the achievements of others, Chanute began in 1896 to search for automatic flight control by designing and building a series of gliders which an assistant successfully flew along Lake Michigan’s shore. In 1901 he visited the Wright Brothers and encouraged them in their gliding experiments, typifying his role as a collector and disseminator of aeronautical information and demonstrating his faith in the ultimate success of man to achieve powered flight.
To Octave Chanute, for outstanding contributions to aviation through his compilation of the aeronautical accomplishments of the pioneers of flight, his demonstration of successful man-carrying gliders, and his valuable counsel to others engaged in flight research, this award is most solemnly and respectfully dedicated.
Octave Chanute died on November 23rd, 1910.
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Maverick 'flying car' ready to spread...the Gospel
from fox
The Maverick LSA been compared to the Jetsons’ flying car, but its roots are firmly planted in the church.
Built in Florida, it’s a powered parachute aircraft, or paraplane, with a drivable dune buggy-style fuselage that can do 40 mph in the air and about 100 mph on the ground, where its 2.5-liter flat-four Subaru engine can propel it from 0 to 60 mph in a sports car-like four seconds.
Developed by the Indigenous People’s Technology and Education Center (I-TEC), a Christian missionary group, it aims to “provide tools and technologies to God-followers in frontier areas to meet their needs.”
I-TEC uses technology and training to help churches in undeveloped regions. Members sponsor projects like I-DENT, which provides portable dental equipment around the world, and I-SEE, which teaches ministries how to treat common eyesight problems.
The Maverick LSA is part of the group’s I-FLY project. It will help people transport materials both on and beyond the road, Jaime Saint of I-TEC told FoxNews.com.
“When there is a snakebite or need for medicine, a four- or eight-hour hike might cause the treatment to arrive too late, while a four- to eight-minute flight can save a life,” Saint said. “There are many places in the world where either the roads are not dependable or that are beyond roads. This is the environment for which the Maverick was developed.”
The vehicle took nine years to develop and was designed for use by non-professional flyers with a sport pilot’s license in the U.S. The organization now plans to take the technology around the world.
“We are in the process of training a member of our team from Ecuador so that he can take a Maverick to Ecuador for field testing in multiple environments,” Saint said. “We also have plans to get the Maverick into Africa and Southeast Asia.”
Saint’s family is well known for its missionary work. His grandfather, Nate, was a missionary pilot who was killed by Ecuadorean tribesmen when Jaime’s father, Steve, was just 5-years-old. Steve has since dedicated his life to spreading the Gospel through I-TEC.
But while the Maverick was built with a serious purpose in mind, the Maverick is also up for sale to those looking for a unique, uplifting adventure. The price for playing George Jetson? $94,000.
Aalia Shaheed is part of the Junior Reporter program at Fox News. Get more information on the program here and follow them on Twitter: @FNCJrReporters
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