Saturday, May 21, 2016

The Science Fiction of Flying Cars

We already have them the prototype of such cars. When I discussed this with former physics professor of University of California of Berkeley on the air the problem exist with air traffic control. I don't hear anyone discussing vehicles or cars nowadays that will fly. There are too many issues other than flying cars to think about why would we need to discuss problems of flying cars? Nevertheless it is a science fiction issue and such production of flying cars or flying craft will happen. I no longer will fly my kites as an example of the beauty of the kite in the wind the videos of them are enough proof for I will not become the man with Parkinson's who flew off his roof trying to retrieve his kite too many people I have known have fallen and no one should try it with a kite launcher I had invented unless there are open spaces away from obstructions and trees. The priority is play safe Howard Hughes was my hero and an aviator but unfortunately as some of us know his plane crashed and he was never the same. But today thanks to the daring spirit of those who risked their lives in aviation the airline industry is as safe now than ever before. My wild eye prediction is that China will take interest in the manufacture and production of small aircraft like cars that will fly through the air and also drive on the ground but it isn't going to happen any time soon. I am far from an expert on this matter but I am just a dreamer with some far fetched dreams of things to come. I shall continue to watch those daring people fly those hang gliders into and through the air but I shall remain on the ground. Chess is a much safer game to play than aviation and a good chess player like Bobby Fischer was as world renown as Howard Hughes the aviator and billionaire. Take it from Walter Browne who I met in person when we were training in the sport of tennis up at the Berkeley Rose Garden in the 70's having had been runner up to Bobby Fischer the American chess champion who had beaten grandmaster Boris Spassky during the Russian American cold war in a major chess showdown. I have lived to see two showdowns and if I can it will be worth it to see another grand chess showdown to be sure.

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  1. With autonomous or self driving vehicles a reality, I agree that flying cars may be coming!

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    1. Yes I have been noticing more and more nowadays these automated cars it will be sooner than you think and a grand way to escape grid lock and traffic jams putting it mildly we need our space like more space!

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