Flying Cars Closer to Becoming a Reality

From Santa Claus' sleigh to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, flying contraptions with the convenience of the personal automobile have long filled our fantasies, according John Brown, editor of RoadableTimes.com, a Web database of flying cars. That fantasy, he predicted, will become a reality in the form of an "everyday practical flying car" within the next five years.
To date, nearly 1,500 flying car designs have at one point or another been worked on and 152 cars have actually flown, Brown said. Every major aerospace and auto manufacturer, from Boeing to BMW, are among the serious tinkerers.
The problem is that "nobody has come up with anything elegant enough, yet" to satisfy consumers, he added. But they're getting close. Check out six designs that might someday soon send you soaring over traffic jams.