Hi MCF Members,
Space ask me to say hello to everyone -hello- He also asked if I was contributing anything to the MCF ? Below is my contribution today to the MCF
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Would you buy/drive/fly the below ?

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Florida Flying Car Crashes In Canada






DUNNELLON, Florida -- A flying car manufactured in Dunnellon, Florida crashed near a school in British Columbia, Canada, the Canadian Press reported yesterday.




According to the company's website, <(click)the inspiration for the flying car, called the Maverick, is for Christian missionaries to reach 'primitive' regions of the world to spread the Gospel where transportation is "sorely lacking, where roads are expensive, difficult to maintain, and impractical." The Maverick is the creation by the non-profit organization known as the Indigenous Peoples’ Technology and Education Center (I-TEC).




The Maverick has an airspeed of 40 MPH and a highway speed of up to 100 MPH according to its manufacturer, Beyond Roads L.L.C., which was granted the manufacturing rights for the Maverick. The flying car's design includes a roadster-style body with a rear propeller and uses a "soft wing" for air lift that is similar to para-gliders.
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Member's, would you try to fly the above ? & learn to pray ? I would try it & also pray(lol)
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p.s. Space is at the Barbados Port today & departing to another port later today...
Wish U readin this a safe-happy day/week/life Beachbum'Mike

 

I'm a crazy guy... but i'm not THAT crazy! haha

 

<figcaption>An experimental flying car that crashed in a creek near a schoolyard in Vernon, B.C., on May 10, 2013.
(Curtis Allen/CTV News)</figcaption>Flying car crashes near school in Vernon, B.C.

Vernon, B.C. — The Canadian Press
Published<time datetime="2013-55-10T18:05:49Z" pubdate="">Friday, May. 10 2013, 2:55 PM EDT</time>
Last updated<time class="updated" datetime="2013-30-11T01:05:16Z" pubdate="">Friday, May. 10 2013, 9:30 PM EDT</time>





A pilot whose flying car would be right at home in a James Bond movie says his life flashed before his eyes Friday when the contraption went out of control as it was landing at the airport in Vernon, B.C.
“It seemed there was an anomaly on our approach to landing,” Ray Siebring said in a phone interview with The Canadian Press from the crash site.

“It was just a sharp left turn that turned into a spiral, so the spiral took at least three rotations.”
As the Maverick — which looks like a dune buggy with a large propeller on its rear — started losing altitude, Siebring realized there was a semi-populated area that included a school directly in his path.
The situation called for quick thinking.
”I experienced one of those ... moments where time slows down,“ he said. ”The training kicked in so that we were able to operate the aircraft and move it to a safe area.
”We were able to stop the rotation, but our altitude was critically low. I gave full power to dampen the forced landing and directed the aircraft ... away from the school and into some woods.”
RCMP spokesman Gord Molendyk said the road-worthy flying car, the creation of a Florida company, crashed near the school with the pilot and one of his relatives aboard.
“It made a circle like it was going to approach, (then) obviously something happened,” said Molendyk. “They heard it from the airport power up and then it crashed into the trees, through the fence on the edge of the school (grounds).”
Both occupants were taken to hospital but were expected to recover from their injuries.
No one was hurt on the ground although children from the school were preparing take to the nearby grounds for a track and field day.
Dale Olsen, a teacher at the nearby Fulton Secondary School, and said it was the talk of the morning.
“A lot of the kids saw it around school this morning,” he said. “They said it looked like it stalled, the parachute started crumpling up and they couldn’t get it going again.”
Siebring defended the safety record of the Maverick.
”This is an aircraft that has been demonstrated and is airworthy so we passed all our aircraft certifications,” he said.
The car uses a parasail for take-off and flight and needs a 100-metre runway.
Siebring’s Maverick is the fifth ever made. He has been checking it out in a series of test flights across the Okanagan.
Friday’s crash won’t deter him from continuing to develop the flying machine that he hopes one day could be used for medevac missions and to ferry medical supplies from ships offshore from Third World regions.
“We look to learn some good lessons today and I’m one of the few pilots who actually gets to do that,” he said.
”I’m not scared off on the technology behind it; how would I say, not gun shy but very sober, we will take a sober look at every aspect of this flight.”

 

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lol, i bet space
could talk U in2 it.
He talks the bums in2
doing all kinds of crazy stuff
Thank you 4 your post
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That would be wicked fun!

 

Thanks for the Post Mike! (Space Rider)

I would do it in a heart beat! Ive done Para sailing, skydiveing, Ive raced , Drag Racing at over 200+mph, Demo derby and Circle Track style racing...Motor cycles, gokarts, Now a Racing Barstool..

So why not?

Tel Space he is Missed and that we all said HEY! Tellm to stay safe and to come check in and add his 2 cents!

But Great Post Mike... Thanks!!!

 

I agree 100% 4sure.Get in below & take u're mind 4 a ride/flight
p.s. U have a sweet SS ^
p.s.s. Thank U 'Mod David 4 your words/posts (U also have a super sweet black Monte)(did a edit 2 correct mistake)

 

Thanks for the Ride!


That was friggn awesomely fun! I look just like that guy!(when im un shaven)

Thanks for the Compliment on my Monte Mike
and the corrections.

 

Looks like fun as long as I land right side up.

 

I've never gone sky diving, so not sure this would be a thrill ride for me. But I'll admit, it looks neat!