FED UP WITH TRAFFIC JAMS? HERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS - A 'FLYING CAR' IS ON ITS WAY.

Available soon: World's 1st 'flying car'

The Transition can fly at 185kmph and reach 105kmph on the road

Fed up with traffic jams? Here's some good news - a 'flying car' is on its way.

An American company, Terrafugia Transition, based near Boston, is to soon start manufacturing "flying cars" called Transition Roadable Light Sport Aircraft, which can be transformed from a car to a plane in just 30 seconds.

The Transition can fly at 185kmph and reach 105kmph on the road. On the ground, with its wings tucked up and in, it can fill up with petrol at a normal filling station and fits in an average size garage, the Sunday Express reported.

"The flying car" is set to go into production this year and is expected to cost between £125,000 (RM614,029) and £160,000 (RM785,957), say its developers.

The Terrafugia Transition during takeoff

Richard Gersh, of Terrafugia, the US company which makes the vehicle and hopes to sell 200 a year, said: "This is an aeroplane first and foremost. The idea is you can drive it to and from a regulation airport."

"Fully fuelled, you can fly it for a range of 400 (643.7km) to 450 miles (724.2km). We have 100 orders so far."

"There are still some minor changes that need to be made because it has to meet both road and aviation standards. However, we expect to be delivering at the end of this year."

According to the CEO of the company, they have successfully test-flown 'the flying car' as many as 28 times.

"It has been very successful. We have got a very good handling vehicle and our test pilot said that the flights were just remarkably unremarkable - it just flies like a really nice, little airplane," CEO Carl Dietrich told Canadian TV.

The Transition in flight in front of a conventional small aircraft

He also said that this car would also ease problems for pilots who currently face problems like weather.

Partly funded by the US Department of Defence, Terrafugia (Latin for 'escape from land') has been quietly beavering away on the car in Woburn, Massachusetts since 2006

Owners of a new Transition will need 20 hours of flying time on record before being allowed to unfurl the car’s mechanical wings and take off, but it’s easy to pilot once they do, according to Phil Meeter, the first man to fly the Transition in tests over upstate New York in 2009.

Terrafugia’s flying car is not without its luxuries.

It has touch-screen controls in the cockpit, and the "cargo area holds golf clubs". It also has built-in parachutes.

Watch the video of test flight here.