A number of small companies all around the world are working to make flying cars a reality. These companies, such as Terrafugia and AeroMobil amongst many others, are projecting that winged cars will be available to consumers as early as 2017.

“I feel like they will be more of an expensive luxury item,” said junior Elizabeth McNamer. “From the looks of them, they seem expensive and depending on the economy – not many people could afford something like that.”

There are many different designs the companies are playing with, ranging anywhere from two-seater mini planes, to small helicopters that could seemingly fit in a parking space.

While these flying cars are projected to appear on the market in 2017, there are still a lot of kinks in the system that need to be worked out. For instance, early in May one of AeroMobil’s prototypes crashed and highlighted the need for strict safety measures in these new forms of transportation.

“I feel like they are really small so it would be hard to navigate,” McNamer said. “It would be good to have experience with flying because the smaller it is the easier it would be to crash I would think.”

Not only do these “cars of the future” face serious safety concerns, they are also burdened with minimal funding that could slow down or even cease the production altogether.
“I wouldn’t own one. It all would depend on if you have the space for it or the time to use it but I would be uncomfortable owning one myself because I wouldn’t want to crash or anything,” McNamer said.

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