Terrafugia, Inc. has successfully completed the flight testing program designed for its Transition® Roadable Aircraft Proof of Concept. Having been dubbed “The Flying Car”, the Transition® completed its historic first flight on March 5, 2009 with 27 additional flights completed over the next several weeks.

Britain's Paul Bonhomme soared to victory in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship on Sunday with a thrilling win over rival Hannes Arch of Austria in Windsor, Ontario. It was Bonhomme’s ninth career triumph and put him just one point behind Austria’s Hannes Arch in the championship. Even though most of the frontrunners struggled to avoid penalties on the windy, turn-filled course straddling the Canada-U.S. border on the Detroit River, Bonhomme managed to fly a series of flawless runs to the Final 4 and was then once again in a class by himself, posting a winning time of 1:08.16 on the 15-gate course. Arch was second, 1.15 seconds behind, and Chambliss took third. Canada’s Pete McLeod got the first championship point of his rookie career with 11th place to the delight of the big home crowd of 215,000.

WINDSOR, Ontario (Canada) – American Kirby Chambliss won one world championship point at the Red Bull Air Race Qualifying in Windsor, Ontario on Saturday with a thrilling victory ahead of Sunday’s third race of the season in front of a crowd of 75,000 watching from the banks of the Detroit River. Britain’s Paul Bonhomme took second place and France’s Nicolas Ivanoff was third. Defending champion Hannes Arch of Austria shrugged off a disappointing fifth in the Qualifying after getting hit with a 2-second penalty – his worst result of the season. Canada’s Pete McLeod took a career-high 10th place to the delight of the home crowd.

Canadian and American race fans on both sides of the Detroit River felt the buzz and excitement of the Red Bull Air Races even before the first race began.  Precision flying skills and daring manoeuvres usually are not required till Qualifying Day but this year’s third of six stops in the Red Bull Air Race circuit got off to any early start.  The grandfather of the Red Bull Air Races, Peter Besenyei   was eliminated early from the completion when he experienced an engine failure and was forced to land his airplane one mile short of the airport in a farmers’ field.  Besenyei was able to dead stick his crippled aircraft to the field but ended up flipping the aircraft and ending any chance of racing on the weekend.  Besenyei was uninjured.

An Air France Airbus 330 carrying 228 people has vanished over the Atlantic Ocean during a flight from Brazil to France.  Earlier in the flight the crew reported heavy turbulence and electrical problems.