The TF-X™ will have several unique technical components. The information provided below details our vision for the TF-X™’s technical operations. Conversion between Flight and Drive Modes: The TF-X™ will employ Terrafugia’s folding-wing technology to seamlessly convert between flight and drive modes in under a minute. In the drive configuration, the TF-X™ will fit in a … More TF-X
Nobody ever told me that making a flying car would be easy. I must admit that the challenge is part of the fascination for me, but it’s more than just a desire to solve difficult problems. Like many pilots and engineers before me, I want to make personal aviation a bigger part of everyone’s life … More Making Flying Cars Practical: The Terrafugia Master Plan
April 11, 2018 By AOPA ePublishing staff Terrafugia, the company founded in 2006 by five Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates to bring the goal of a practical flying car to life, has added 75 jobs to its workforce, is recruiting, and expects to hire 50 or more additional workers by the end of 2018. … More Flying-car venture Terrafugia expands workforce
November 20, 2017 By Jim Moore The acquisition of flying car company Terrafugia by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group of China for an undisclosed sum seems likely to accelerate the long-awaited arrival to customer garages of what’s billed as the first practical flying car. It puts Terrafugia’s designs and ambition to transform personal aviation in … More Terrafugia sale may accelerate flying car arrival
Major Milestone takes “Flying Car” Closer to First Delivery Second Generation Transition® Street-Legal Airplane Takes Flight New York, NY & Woburn, MA – (April 2, 2012): The Transition® Street-Legal Airplane is now a significant step closer to being a commercial reality. The production prototype of the Transition® Street-Legal Airplane completed its successful first flight at … More Terrfugia Major Milestone takes “Flying Car” Closer to First Delivery
The PAL-V ONE is a two seat hybrid car and gyroplane: a personal air and land vehicle. What makes the PAL-V ONE attractive is the convenience of fully integrated door-to-door transportation. On the ground this slim, aerodynamic, 3-wheeled vehicle has the comfort of a car with the agility of a motorcycle thanks to its patented, cutting-edge, ‘tilting’ system. It can be … More Gyrocopter and Car the PAL-V ONE
Woburn, MA – November 30, 2010: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a $65M program to develop a four person flyable and roadable vehicle. Terrafugia, Inc., developer of the Transition® Roadable Aircraft, or “Flying Car”, is the largest subcontractor to one of two winning teams, led by AAI Corporation and comprised of … More “Flying Car” Company Awarded Substantial Defense Work
Sparks are flying as we walk into the airplane hanger. Steve Saint is sharpening a machete on an electric grinder. He comes over to introduce himself wielding the knife he extols as both a tool and a weapon. But we’ve come to talk about something else he is working on, a flying car. Saint heads … More FAA certifies missionary’s Subaru-powered flying car
FAA Grants Terrafugia Extra Takeoff Weight for Road Safety Features Woburn, MA — June 17, 2010: Terrafugia, Inc., developer of the Transition ® Roadable Aircraft, or “Flying Car”, has received an exemption from the FAA to allow the Transition ® a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 1430 pounds (650 kg). This additional weight accommodates the … More Terrafugia – The Transition® Roadable Aircraft Receives
