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Title: Flying high: flying cars are no longer a futuristic pipe dream, but how will these new vehicles change the face of insurance coverage?(The Last Word)(Terrafugia Inc.)
Author: Lori Chordas
Publication: Best’s Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2009
Publisher: A.M. Best Company, Inc.
Volume: 110 Issue: 6 Page: 128(1)

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Flying cars may be straight out of a futuristic movie, but the vehicles are becoming a reality. In March, Terrafugia Inc. of Woburn, Mass., successfully completed flight testing of its Transition Roadable Aircraft, in the first of a four-stage process to bring the “flying car” into production. The Transition’s delivery is scheduled for 2011.

The vehicle, a two-seat aircraft designed to take off and land at local airports and drive on any road, cruises up to 450 miles at more than 115 mph, can drive at highway speeds and fits in a standard household garage. It has front-wheel drive on the road and a rear-mounted propeller for flight. Both modes are powered by high-octane unleaded gasoline…