PAL-V One - Flying Car / Trike / Helicopter launched

Yep, never done before, oh wait:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogiro_Co...rica_AC-35

Same reasons why this will fail still persist:
1) Need extra license (those aren't cheap).
2) Too dangerous for it to be common as a car (thought road crashes were bad? now take them to air).
3) And the worst, you still need to drive to an airport (and you even have to get out of the car to help it change to flight mode).

Really hope its an April Fool's day prank.

1) Well neither is the PAL in the first place. Clearly if you have upwards of 200 grand to drop on something like this an extra license will be no big deal.
2) This one is obvious, there's a lot more harm to be done with these even if EXTREME safety measures are taken.
3) So? I mean the mode changes can probably be made automatic, but why would driving to the airport be a huge downside? At least if you have one of these you hopefully won't have to worry as much about the ridiculous limitations that the airports give you.

Also that design is terribad. It totally isn't as fast as this one claims to be either.