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To: one_less who wrote (622)6/17/2008 10:25:56 PM
From: J_F_Shepard  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 3816
 
By Predator and Reaper standards, that's pretty crude.



To: one_less who wrote (622)7/22/2008 4:07:30 PM
From: DMaA  Respond to of 3816
 
t took the Harbin Smart Special Aerocraft Co Ltd 12 years and 28 million yuan (4.1 million dollars) to develop the prototype craft

Yea right. More like the cost of a digital camera and three days salary for an industrial spy:

abcnews.go.com

Jetson-Like Flying Car in Production
Company Strives to Create Market for Future Flights
By JORDAN HULTINE
July 20, 2007

A flying car resembling what the Jetsons drove could show up soon at a dealership near you.

The M200G volantor is an airborne two-passenger flying car. It will look much like its predecessor the 200X.
(Courtesy Moller International)

Moller International, a company founded by a UC Davis professor devoted to developing a flying car, announced in a statement recently that it has begun production for its "Jetsons-like M200G Volantor, a small airborne, two passenger, saucer-shaped vehicle that is designed to take off and land verticall