Thank you for your continued interest in Terrafugia. It has been an eventful summer with good news from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the first of the produciton prototypes making its public debut at EAA AIrventure in Oshkosh, WI this week.
Terrafugia is excited to be at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI for the sixth year in a row this week. The first of our production protoype aircraft is making its public debut at the show to an enthusiastic crowd.
This production prototype is the first Transition® vehicle to be built entirely from production tooling. Though not yet 100% complete, the aircraft is coming together well and validating weight estimates. Following the show, the remaining systems will be completed and testing will begin. A second prodcution prototype, Terrafugia's third aircraft, is currently under construction.
If you are at AirVenture, come by and see us at Space 23, between Hangar C and the Bus Terminal.
Interior Oshkosh 2011 Booth Panorama
Dept. of Transportation Grants Key Exemptions
You may have seen some of the international medial coverage that has resulted from a decision by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to grant all of the exemptions that Terrafugia had requested. Terrafugia's Transition® is the first combined flying-driving vehicle to receive such special consideration from the Department of Transportation since the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards came into being in the late 1960s.
By allowing the Transition® to use special tires and a coated polycarbonate windscreen, the exemption package paves the way for the aircraft to be fully road legal. Extensive simiulated crash testing and automotive safety features such as a purpose-built energy absorbing crumple zone, a rigid carbon fiber occupant safety cage, and automotive-style driver and passenger airbags, make the Transition® one of the safest light aircraft available.
You may have seen some of the international medial coverage that has resulted from a decision by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to grant all of the exemptions that Terrafugia had requested. Terrafugia's Transition® is the first combined flying-driving vehicle to receive such special consideration from the Department of Transportation since the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards came into being in the late 1960s.