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Chocks away! Flying CAR makes aviation history by taking its first public flights The £190,000 ($300,00) Transition is part-sedan, part-private jet It made two 20-minute flight demonstrations at the EAA AirVenture show The Terrafugia Transition vehicle is due to go on sale in 2015 A flying car from Massachusetts-based firm Chas made its first public flight, soaring for 20 minutes in front of aviation enthusiasts in Wisconsin. The Transition vehicle is part-sedan, part-private jet and is due to go on sale as early as 2015. It was driven around the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh air show in July before transitioning into the jet and taking off on two 20-minute flight demonstrations. A flying car, pictured, from Massachusetts-based firm Terrafugia has made its first public flight, soaring for a total of 40 minutes over the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh aviation show in Wisconsin The Transition flying car, built by Terrafugia, making a banking turn in the sky above Massachusetts. The car flew for eight minutes at 1,400 feet during test flights last year, before completing the public flights in Wisconsin in July This shot shows the Transition plane switching from drive mode to fly mode. The wings fold into the side of the car, built from a Sedan design. You can only take off in the Transition from a runway. The Transition has a maximum flight speed of 115mph Around town: When its not soaring in the air, the Transition's wings fold up to make it a road-ready two-seat car http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...c-flights.html minat...............prepare the money hoho

 

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Briton kidnapped in Nigeria's Lagos released

ABUJA (Reuters) - A British national kidnapped last week shortly after arriving at Nigeria's Lagos airport has been released, the British High Commission said on Sunday. The man was kidnapped on July 16 by gunmen who attacked his four-wheel-drive car after it left the airport's international terminal heading for a residential area of Lagos, security sources told Reuters. His Nigerian driver was shot in the hand. "We can confirm the release of a British national today in Nigeria, following his abduction on 16 July," a statement from the British High Commission said, giving no further details. Kidnapping of expatriates by armed gangs seeking ransom has long been rife in Nigeria's oil-producing southeast but is rarer in Lagos, the commercial capital, where most foreigners live. A British businessman was kidnapped in March in an upmarket district of Lagos but was released four days later. It is not clear if a ransom was paid. In Nigeria's mainly Muslim north, kidnappings of foreigners for ideological motives by Islamist groups have taken a deadlier turn. The Islamist group Ansaru killed seven foreign hostages in March, according to authorities in affected countries. (Reporting by Joe Brock; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

 

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Smile Earth - you're on camera

Nasa has invited people to look skywards and wave at Saturn and Mercury in what is billed as an interplanetary photo op. The Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn and the Messenger craft circling Mercury have moved into position to take pictures of Earth, which will appear as a dot. At the time of the Cassini photo shoot, North America will be in sunlight. Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia will be illuminated in portraits by Messenger on Friday and Saturday. Scientists said the snapshots of Earth are part of a bigger effort to study Saturn's shimmering rings and search for moons around Mercury. It could take weeks to process the images.

 

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Scotland: Outlander TV Show Brings 200 Jobs

Around 200 British jobs will be created with the filming of a new American science fiction television series in Scotland. The US cable network Starz and Sony Pictures Television have chosen the country as the location for Outlander, a new show about a time-travelling couple. The production will make use of the UK Government's new tax breaks for high-end television, with Chancellor George Osborne saying he was "delighted" the programme would be filmed in Scotland. "We want Britain to be the best place in the world to make films and TV", the Chancellor said. Outlander is based on a series of novels by Diana Gabaldon which tell the story of Claire and James Fraser, a couple who time travel between 18th and 20th century Scotland. It will be set in Scotland, with the production company planning to build a new television studio and production base near Glasgow. It is estimated the series will employ a local crew of around 200, while an estimated 2,400 supporting roles are expected to be cast from within Scotland and the rest of the UK. Scottish actor Sam Heughan, who studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and who has starred in the TV show Doctors, has already been cast in the lead role. The UK Government announced in 2012 that film tax reliefs would be extended to high-end television industries, animation and, subject to state aid approval, video games. Tax relief for film has already supported more than 1,100 productions between 2007 and 2012. Mr Osborne said: "I am delighted that Outlander will be filmed in Scotland, and welcome the extra investment that will be made to the Scottish television industry. I hope that this series will make the most of the stunning landscape and the talented actors, crew and facilities that Scotland has to offer. "This is an exciting development for television in Scotland and shows the clear benefit of the UK's high-end TV tax credits."

 

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