Just yesterday I posted a story on flying cars, and how this future technology is gradually becoming a reality. If you missed out on the story, please click here!
A flying car crashed near an elementary school in Vernon, British Columbia on Friday, according to a report from CBCNews. The car, which is kept aloft by a parasail and driven forward by a rear propeller, hit a fence and then a tree. Both the pilot and passenger were injured.
The experimental car is named Maverick, and CBC calls it “the fifth-ever flying car” in Canada. The Transportation Safety Board confirmed the crash, calling the vehicle an “I-Tech Maverick SP Powered Parachute.” The company is actually named I-TEC (Indigenous Peoples’ Technology and Education Center) and purports to “provide tools and technologies to God-followers in frontiers areas to meet their needs”
The pilot and passenger had to be pulled out of the tree and taken to a hospital where they were treated and released.
The car costs about $94,000, can travel up to 40 miles per hour in the air, and requires a 100-meter runway to both take off and land.
Check out this cool ride cruising....
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