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|  During the summer, graduate students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are attempting to get an idea aloft that has attracted, engaged and intrigues people for decades -- the flying car. A start up venture called Terrafugia is aiming to show off what it calls the Transition -- a personal air vehicle. The vehicle resembles an SUV and has retractable wings. The Transition is designed for 100 to 500 mile airborn jumps. The vehicle can carry two people and luggage that distance on a single tank of premium unleaded gasoline. The vehicle also comes with an electric calculator, airbags, aerodynamic bumpers and a GPS navigation system. Flying cars technically are feasible, prototypes having been built in the 1950s and 1960s. However, thus far they have not been practical from an economic standpoint. |
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