Flying

Of the many things we were promised as kids were jetpacks, self-lacing shoes, and cars that could fly. While there have been a number of attempts to create and produce flying vehicles, most of them have never made it past the prototype stage.

We’ve seen flying car concepts many times over the years – something it seems inventors have been trying to make a reality almost since the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk. With concept vehicles with folding wings that fit in the family garage or the personal helicopter that lands in the driveway, there is no lack of creativity or dedication in trying to make them a viable alternative.

Racing around in stock cars on a dirt track is a blast; so is flying a high speed drone. So why not combine the two into a single activity? That’s basically what one aerial photographer recently did, when he set off to chase dirt track racers around the track using a fast-flying racing drone.

Moller International sunk $150 million into the development of the M400 Skycar back in the early 2000s. The catch was that the car never really came to maturity and never received FAA certification to fly. If none of that matters to you, you can buy the M400 Skycar over on eBay.

Workhorse is the company behind that cool electric pickup truck we talked about a while back. The company has unveiled another high-tech vehicle, and this one is infinitely cooler than that truck. It’s called the SureFly and it is a personal flying vehicle designed to carry a pilot and a passenger.

It’s not often that you get to see a car that can also fly like an airplane. Not to be confused with the 1970s Ford car of the same name, the Maverick is a combination street-legal car and airplane built by AEI.