Video: PlaneDriven’s Roadable Airplane

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Key Takeaways:

  • The article focuses on the concept of a "roadable airplane" as an alternative to the challenges of creating flying cars, emphasizing that making an airplane drive is easier than making a car fly.
  • It showcases Trey Johnson's Glasair Sportsman, an aircraft demonstrated at Oshkosh that can be both flown and driven on roads.
  • While the market demand for such a vehicle is uncertain, the article presents the innovation as an interesting and enjoyable feat to observe.
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The problem with flying cars is that it’s a lot harder to make a car fly than it is to make an airplane drive. That’s the thinking behind Trey Johnson’s roadable Glasair Sportsman, which we filmed at Oshkosh. He flew it in and drove it around town a couple of times. We’re not sure what kind of demand there is for this sort of thing, but it’s fun to watch it come together.

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