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== Fan Works ==
* The police car on Dandond in ''[[With Strings Attached]]''. George wants to take it home with him.
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* The Spinners from ''[[Blade Runner]]''.
* In ''[[James Bond|The Man With the Golden Gun]]'', a villain escapes with a winged AMC Matador.
* ''The Flying Car'', a short film taking place in the Askewniverse.
* ''[[Back to The Future]] Part II'' makes flying cars commonplace by [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|the year 2015]].
** Apparently the writers really liked this idea, because it was one of the few things from the original script of the first movie to survive.
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* The Falconcar on ''[[Dynomutt Dog Wonder]]''.
* British cartoon hero ''[[Danger Mouse]]'' had what looked suspiciously like a flight-capable version of [[James Bond]]'s [[Shout-Out|Lotus Esprit]].
* Heroes aren't the only ones to get the sweet rides: [[Inspector Gadget|Dr Claw]] had his getaway car which could function as both a jet and a submarine.
* In ''[[Futurama]]'' all cars are flying cars. Nobody even knows what wheels are. And yet they still [[Crapsack World|crawl along in traffic jams]].
** Like most ''[[Futurama]]'' gags, they only "don't know what wheels are" for the one episode where it's funny.
* At least one in ''[[
* The ATV series of ''[[Rupert Bear]]'' featured a cart named "The Chariot", which was capable of flight. The CGI series featured a more modern looking flying car.
* [[The Jetsons|The Jetsons']] jet-car, probably one of most-cited examples of a flying car as far as the general public's concerned.
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== Real Life ==
* As pointed out at the top of the page, flying cars ''have'' been invented in [[Real Life]]. The idea has just never managed to get off the ground [pun intended] because the flying cars used up ''way'' too much fuel while airborne. Also, they had a nasty tendency to crash when they ran out (which happened ''much'' more quickly than one might think.) Add expense, complexity of operation, and the relative practicality of an automobile as transportation... and you see the problem.
** The critical problem with 'flying cars' is that they are aircraft. As such you can't fly one without a pilot's license, and air traffic control would go insane trying to sort out millions of aircraft flying around each other in a small area. Most existing 'flying cars' are better described as roadable aircraft. Most small airfields are in rural areas, so you have the minor problem of arriving at an airfield and having no transport to the nearest town, except for a taxi or folding bicycle. The idea is that you could detach the wings and propeller, then drive the remaining vehicle by road into town. They are not really designed as a replacement for your normal car.
*** Not to mention that traffic collisions are bad enough with how cars are now. Imagine how much worse they'd get if you factored in the fact that the car's going to be falling from 30+ feet above the ground.
* ''[[Top Gear]]'''s James May made a [http://www.open2.net/jamesmay/come_fly_with_me.html documentary on the subject], concluding that despite the safety concerns the main problem with flying cars would be the paperwork.
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