Terrafugia Play-by-Play

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Key Takeaways:

  • Terrafugia's roadable aircraft completed its first flight, drawing mainstream media attention and generating questions from pilots.
  • Test pilot Phil Meteer addressed these questions, including explanations of control deflections observed during the flight.
  • Meteer predicted that the aircraft's design will undergo "significant" changes as its test regime progresses.
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The first flight of Terrafugia’s roadable aircraft made headlines in the mainstream press last week but left pilots with lots of questions. Test pilot Phil Meteer has all the answers, from explaining the control deflections we saw on AVweb‘s video to predicting that there are still “significant” changes ahead for the aircraft design as the test regime progresses. He spoke with AVweb‘s Mary Grady.

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