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July 21, 2008 - Seems everyone is tired of waiting for their flying car. See what a
group of Firefighters came up with. We love the idea, but the landing seems a bit hard!
LOL! (You may have to click the arrow twice.)
May 19, 2008 - The Xconomy story about Terrafugia’s
drivable airplane that appear on Slashdot brought more visitors to the site than any
Xconomy story since their launch last summer (and temporarily brought down their Web
server in the process). Quote “Judging from the comments last week, many commenters
hadn’t fully absorbed the factual points in the article (to put it politely). Others
seemed to feel that because the concept of a car-plane hybrid has been on the drawing
boards for so long, it must be inherently flawed. But if you hear out the prize-
winning aerospace engineers at Terrafugia, you’ll begin to understand why they feel
so certain that current-day materials and electronics make a roadable aircraft—one
that’s safe both to fly and to drive—a feasible idea.” The full story is available
at “In Defense of The Drivable Airplane—Terrafugia CEO Responds to
Legions of Doubters” written by Wade Roush 5/13/08
May 14, 2008 - 60 Minutes did a segment called
“Flying Cars”. While SkyRider wasn't
featured, they did feature many flying cars and the people who are working to make this a
reality. 60 minutes also included a segment on
“Highway In The Sky” which does a good job of explaining how these "highways" will work.
March 20, 2008 - An AirCar was displayed at the
New York Air Show. The article
“Flying Cars! We interview one of the minds
behind Milner's AirCar” was written by S.E. Kramer and appears on the website
DVICE. The AirCar is not just a plane that can drive around: it's a lightweight
fully-featured car that can compact to be about the size of a Hummer and fit in a garage.
Soon it will transform into a flying car. Another article about this AirCar also appeared
on DVICE on March 10, 2008. The article
“Drive a flying car that looks like you built
it yourself” was written by Adam Frucci.
January 20, 2008 - The MIT grads who embarked on the
heretofore impossible dream of creating a practical roadable aircraft are featured in the
article
“Roadable Aircraft To Fly This Year”
written by Russ Niles, Editor-in-Chief which appears on the AVweb
website. There is also a video.
September, 2006 - Flying Cars are used in a
new TV spot called "Elevate". The spot features GM vehicles "elevating"
above grid-locked traffic in Los Angeles, New York City, Miami and San
Francisco. And the song in the spot is "Get What You Need" by Jet. It was
a great commercial but we do not think "flying cars" will ever quite work like
that. But who knows!
July 12, 2006 - Flying Cars are referenced in
"The Science Fiction Files"
an article the author of Star Trek's famous episode "The Trouble With Tribbles,"
David Gerrold which was published in PC Magazine.
May 21, 2006 - SkyRider is referenced in
"Dude, Where’s My Flying Car?!?!"an article by Cyprian Moore, published by Sneer Magazine.
March 31, 2006 - BusinessWeek online publishes an article entitled
“Driving Airplane, Flying Car” by Burt Helm.
While SkyRider wasn't featured, they did showcase past and present attempts at building a
vehicle that could be flown and then driven on city streets.
Pictured in the photo is the 1959 Taylor Aerocar.
One of the few flying cars to be certified for commercial production by the government.
Be sure to take a look at the slide show to see the other vehicles. Congratulations to these folks and
everyone who supports them as well as us.
January 26, 2006 - Letterkenny Army Depot (PA)
commander COL Bob Swenson visits MACRO Industries for an agreement signing
between Letterkenny and MACRO to manufacture items made of lightweight
components for aviation support and missiles. Signing for MACRO Industries
is Marcia Elkins, Vice President. This photo appeared in the Redstone Rocket on February 1, 2006. Photo by Skip Vaughn.
September 30, 2005 - MACRO Industries and SkyRider is referenced in "Highways in the Sky: Flying Cars and the Future of Travel" an article by Mark R. Whittington, which appeared
on the website finetunning.com.
 September 14, 2005 - Col. Gunn gives Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey a briefing during his tour of Letterkenny Army Depot on August 27, 2005. The material they are looking at is SC Wafer - MACRO's proprietary composite material. Letterkenny Army
Depot is the first depot to make composite boxes using SC Wafer. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Carmen L. Burgess.
September 1, 2005 - At MACRO
Industries, we are doing all we can to
help victims of Hurricane Katrina. We encourage you to do the same. That’s because every little bit helps. If you have not
already contributed to the relief efforts, consider the following:
If you’re making a financial contribution, make sure to maximize your gift: Your financial
contributions could be matched by your company -- doubling or tripling each dollar you contribute. Contact your human resource department and ask about matching gifts.
July 24, 2005 - SkyRider is featured in the Huntsville Times. The article is titled Cars that fly? It's not pie in the sky.
July 10, 2005 - 60 Minutes did a
segment on "Inventors who build personal flying machines". While
SkyRider wasn't featured,
they did showcase Woody Norris' Air Scooter II,
Moller's Skycar, the SATS system,
Carter Aviation Technologies' CarterCopter
and Trek Aerospace's Springtail™.
Congratulations to these folks and everyone who supports them as
well as us.
June 2005 - The host of Discovery Channel's
"Monster Garage" has built a flying car for his show. It was designed with
the help of three Cessna engineers.The team started with a Panoz Esperante
sports car, added wings and an aircraft engine. The flying car did get off
the ground, but not by much. It flew for two seconds and traveled 240
feet.That's twice as far as the Wright Brothers' first flight. Making your
own flying car isn't very practical, though.While the Monster Garage team
only spent $9,700 on the conversion, they got the $100,000 sports car for
free. Discovery Channel :: Monster Garage:
Jesse James
May 2005 - MACRO receives
positive feedback from the first group to mount the Composite Bustle
Box
onto the Avenger. The Ohio Army National Guard 2/174th ADA was the
first
group to receive their boxes. They were very impressed with the weight
of
the box. A traditional Bustle Box normally weighs over 100 lbs.
MACRO's
composite Bustle Box weighs 45 lbs, which allows the soldiers to add
more
weight to the vehicle where needed. This material is very versatile
and
can be used to make a variety of products when weight is a concern.
See Composite Materials for
more
information. Photo courtesy of the
Ohio National Guard.
May 2005 - SkyRider is featured on
the cover of Business Alabama. The accompanying story is titled
”Driving a Dream” by Jim
Dunn.
May 2005 - MACRO Industries and SkyRider is featured
in the magazine Technology Alabama. The accompanying story is
titled ”Keeping a Dream Alive” by Jim Dunn.
April 2005 - The
Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) research project reaches
its
conclusion with a proof-of-concept demonstration in June 2005. The
proof-of-concept demonstration will be the culmination of the five-
year
public/private project and will occur in Danville, Virginia on June 5,
6,
and 7, 2005. For more information visit their website at NASA SATS Student Page.
February 2005 -
MACRO Industries, Inc. and SkyRider is featured in the History Channel
show "Modern Marvels - Concept Cars"
December 18, 2004 - MACRO Industries and SkyRider is referenced in the
article
“Fancy Flights in your
Automotive
Future?” by Jim Bray.
September 2004 - MACRO Industries submits footage to a Film production group called
Sternstrasse Television, based near Munich in Germany. They are
producing a scientific magazine called "AHA - Das Wissensmagazin", which is
broadcasted by the Austrian private TV Station ATV.
September
2004 - MACRO Industries submits information on SkyRider to a
Brazilian
monthly automotive news magazine called Autoesporte, which belongs to
the
biggest media group in Latin America, Globo organizations. It is the
second largest selling magazine of this kind in the country. They are
preparing a report about flying cars.
August 23, 2004 -
MACRO Industries and SkyRider is referenced in the MSNBC News article
"NASA sets stage for personal
aircraft." by Tariq Malik.
August 18,
2004
- MACRO Industries and SkyRider is referenced in "Future Flyers: Pushing
Forward
for Personal Aircraft" an article by Tariq Malik,
staff
writer for space.com.
August 5, 2004 - MACRO Industries
and
SkyRider is featured in The Voice of Prophecy broadcast "NEW CARS AND NEW
MEN."
June 3, 2004 - MACRO Industries
and
SkyRider is referenced on "Scitech"
April
2004 - MACRO Industries submits information on SkyRider to Patrick
J.
Gyger, Curator of Maison d'Ailleurs (The House of Elsewhere) Museum of
science fiction, utopia and extraordinary journeys, in Yverdon-les-
Bains,
Switzerland. They are working on a publication about flying cars and
their
history in fact and fiction.
February 2004 - Marcia
Elkins
is appointed to the City of Huntsville's Metropolitan Planning
Organization, Transportation Committee.
February 2004 - MACRO Industries sponsors the "Monster Mechanics," a robot team comprised of students from
New
Century Technology High School (NCTHS), located in Cummings Research
Park
in Huntsville, AL. The school is a partnership between students of
high
technology and technology industry companies and agencies. The
foundation
philosophy of NCTHS is to work with local companies and agencies to
produce students with exceptional technology skills that will help
industry.
December 17, 2003 - MACRO Industries attends
the
Wright Brothers Centennial in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The 1/4
scale
model of SkyRider, which is being marketed as an unmanned aerial
vehicle
(UAV), is a big hit with the crowds. This UAV is called the Scout and
based upon the design of SkyRider.
August 11, 2003 -
MACRO
Industries' SkyRider is featured in Metropolitan Computer
Times.
The article is entitled "Man's Unending Quest to Fly a
Car"by Art Anciano, Jr.
August 3, 2003 -
MACRO Industries, Inc. and SkyRider is featured in the Orlando
Sentinel. The article is entitled "Jetson –style aerocar may
rule
the future road," by Wes Smith.
July 31,
2003 - Marcia Elkins has a guest spot on Jim Blasingame’s radio
show,
The Small Business Advocate, broadcasted from Birmingham, Alabama
during
an SBA matchmaking event. This broadcast can be heard here.
May
2003
- MACRO Industries and SkyRider is referenced in "The Future of
Transportation" by Katy Wheatley.
April
2003 - The Aviation and Missile Command held a ceremony on April 7
to
transfer its newest calibration and test equipment, CALSET 2000. The
CALSET 2000 Team Redstone members provide systems development and
improvement support, product assurance, safety and environmental
support,
prototype development and manufacturing support, contracting support,
and
materiel release approvals. The team includes PM-TMDE, USATA, 95th
Maintenance Company, Training and Doctrine Command, OMEMS, Redstone
Technical Test Center, the AMCOM Reuse Office, AMCOM Acquisition
Center,
AMCOM Safety Office, the Aviation and Missile Research, Development
and
Engineering Center, MACRO Industries, Inc., Science Applications
International Corp., General Products Inc., LLC, Dynetics Inc. and CAS
Inc. The article is entitled “New calibration
equipment” by Dr. Carol
Sedlacek.
November
28, 2002 - MACRO Industries and SkyRider is referenced in the
article
“More”: The Future Is
[Almost]
Now..
February 2001 - MACRO
Industries'
SkyRider is featured in Popular Mechanics. The article is
entitled
"Electric Motors Lift SkyRider."
January 31, 2001 -
MACRO
Industries' SkyRider is featured in the CBC/Radio Canada broadcast "Flying
Cars."
This is part of Alan Neal's Shifting Gears traffic series in
Canada.
March 18, 2000 - MACRO Industries' SkyRider is
featured in The Decatur Daily News. The article is entitled
"Riders
in the sky."
January 25, 2000 - MACRO Industries, Inc.
is
featured in The Huntsville Times. The article is entitled "It
might
fly: New valve idea ignited by research on SkyRider".
December
1999 - MACRO Industries, Inc. wins a SBIR for the Automated
Modeling
of Incongruent Interfaces in FEA.
November 1998 - MACRO
Industries, Inc. receives patent #5,839,399 for the Cartridge-Type
Rotary
Valve.
September 1998 - MACRO Industries, Inc. is
featured
in The Huntsville Times. The article is entitled "Riders on the
Sky".
October 1997 - MACRO Industries, Inc. submits a
patent application for the Cartridge-Type Rotary Valve.
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