This may be the saddest day of my life.

This author tells us that the concept of the flying car will never get off of the ground.

He is a dream killer is what he is.

Let's say you gave five "flying cars" to five well-educated but non-pilot drivers with perfect driving records and said, "have fun!"

The first driver would take off from the freeway but, after liftoff, would suddenly crash back to the freeway, killing himself and 15 victims in cars on the freeway. He wouldn't understand that his lift was good enough to get the wheels off the ground, but insufficient for flying above "ground effect."

The second driver would take off, and five minutes into his flight would suddenly find himself with zero visibility in a dense cloud cover. He wouldn't be able to tell which way is up and which way is down, and would slam his "flying car" full speed into the ground under the misconception that he was straight and level.

The third driver would suddenly find himself totally lost, unable to find a safe place to land. He would end up trying to land on some random road, crash into power lines and die.

The fourth driver would inadvertently fly into Class B airspace, crash into a fully loaded 747 coming in for a landing and kill himself, plus a planeload of commercial airline passengers.

The fifth driver would be immediately flipped over by crosswinds upon takeoff and die on impact.

Pessimistic son of a bitch isn't he? But look at the pretty picture!