Terrafugia’s Roadable Aircraft Faces Weight Hurdle

Credit: Terrafugia
Designing a flying car capable of meeting both aviation and highway safety requirements is proving a weightier challenge than imagined by startup Terrafugia when it launched development of the Transition roadable aircraft in 2006. The company has petitioned the FAA for a waiver of the gross-weight...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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