AVweb Podcast: Friday, June 30, 2006

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • Mitch Labiche is pitching a canard-winged sports car that he claims will be the "fastest car in the world" and street-legal, addressing the challenge of turning flying car concepts into reality.
  • Labiche plans to have the vehicle driving and flying by the end of the year (2006) and will display quarter-scale models at AirVenture Oshkosh 2006, offering it to customers via limited-term refundable deposits.
  • The article, acting as a messenger, highlights the general lack of success for flying cars in the real world and implicitly questions the feasibility of Labiche's ambitious claims.
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fsc1.gifToday’s in-depth interview: Science fiction vs. physical reality.

So far, in the real world, the flying car hasn’t seen much success. Hear Mitch Labiche make his pitch on the canard-winged sports car he believes is the answer. It would be the “fastest car in the world – and street legal,” says Labiche. … And all this can be yours with a limited-term refundable deposit. Labiche says he’ll have it driving and flying by the end of the year, but you’ll see quarter-scale models if you attend AirVenture Oshkosh 2006.

Will it work? Can it work? We’re just the messenger … .

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