inq (only thing Funky Derek quoted from me) -- That book was written in 1987. ... in 1987, you only
had CD’s, tapes and records, now you have Ipods, digital radio, digital
TV, and someone to come to your door to deliever you CD's you bought of
Amazon. If I said to you I have an Internet connection and you look up
web sites and so forth, you’d laugh at me then!!! The world is ever
changing, but look at how fast things are moving along. And now they
reckon about we are going to live like the Jetsons with these flying
cars in the sky in the next few decades. I saw it all on 60 Minutes.
Funky Derek: Sorry inquirer, I assumed you were sane. My mistake.
inq: Check out this web site if you don't believe me: (only the first page here, but you get the picture) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/15/60minutes/main688454.shtml
(CBS) Have you ever dreamt about the day you can buzz around in
your very own flying machine? Well, that day may be sooner than you
think.
Sky.” It's a computer system designed to let millions of people fly
whenever they please, and take off and land from wherever they please,
in their very own vehicles.
able to buy.
he will receive America’s top prize for invention. It’s called the
Lemelson-MIT award -- a half-million dollar cash prize to honor his
life’s work, which includes a brand new personal flying machine. Correspondent Bob Simon reports.
It's called the AirScooter, and self-taught inventor Woody Norris says it goes on sale later this year.
60 Minutes on a hilltop outside San Diego, Calif. It can fly for 2 hours at 55 mph, and go up to 10,000 feet above sea level.
it forward and the two counter-rotating blades pivot forward. Push it
back and it goes back. Norris says you won’t need a pilot’s license if
you fly it under 400 feet in non-restricted air space. And he’s going
to sell it for $50,000.
machines. One, built in 1956, was known as Molt Taylor’s Aerocar. You
could detach the wings and haul them behind you. But they failed to
catch on because they were too expensive and hard to fly in bad
weather.
traffic from millions of them buzzing around -- that is, until now. And
that’s because NASA has come up with a plan to make personal flying
machines a reality.
the White House, where he worked on the future of aviation. He showed
Simon a flight simulator, a new computer system that can be put into
any new airborne vehicle. He says it will make flying easy, and will
manage all the new traffic up there.
If you think I am insane, you are closing the blind shutters and won't accept the truth as yet.
We'll soon by living like the Jetson's... :) But I don't know if I could afford it or not! I think a lot of people will have that problem. LOL :)
