Is the Jetson family vehicle about to become a reality? According to a recent CNN Money article, AeroMobil, a Slovakian company, plans to start selling its creation, the AeroMobil 3.0, as early as 2017. The company claims that the vehicle "transforms in seconds from an automobile to an airplane."

The AeroMobil 3.0 is gas-powered and has wings that fold, which allows it to be parked like a car. Of course, the 20 feet long, the air/ground vehicle would need lots of special parking lot space, as well as an entire new set of regulations and safety rules for taking to the road and air.

Seniors often suffer sudden charlie horse cramps while jammed into a crowded aircraft seat for six- or eight-hour flights. The agony can be eased with quick action. When the pain hits, first try to stand and flex your legs. 

The medical reasons for charlie horses are often blood clots, with the most severe called deep vein thromboses, that hit around the calf muscle. Usually, after two or three minutes of acute pain, they dissolve, followed by dull leg throb for another 10 minutes or so.

Worse, particularly for seniors, there’s always the danger the clots will travel up to the heart and cause a coronary attack. Before going on a flight and you’re having frequent leg cramps, check with your physician about relieving them.

According to UK’s Daily Telegraph, along with the continuous advances of driverless drones taking to the air and cars on the highways, it’s certain to happen. It’s only a matter of a few years before ocean-going vessels, including cruise ships, will be totally run by robots.

That means no crew, and we veteran senior cruisers may find it a great advantage. Or not. For instance, on crewless cruises, there will be:

Airport check-in processes are inconvenient even on the rare occasions when they go smoothly. Savvy senior travelers can’t help being angry about it, because ever-tightening security started over 40 years ago.

In the 1970s, a bunch of Cuban and Arab political and/or religious freaks decided to hijack, murder and blow up their own insane butts in passenger aircraft. They believed it would advance their crazy causes.

Then came the horror of 9/11/01, and the growing security mess now affects every flight to anywhere. Even in the worst delay messes, there are ways to make your own check-in process easier. While you can’t do anything to change the security system, you can take personal steps to help get through it with less delay and frustration.

Here are some suggestions: