PAL-V Flying Car - Maiden Flight

This week the Dutch company PAL-V announced the first flights of its prototype "flying car".
This unique vehicle is called the PAL-V One, or the 'Personal Air and Land Vehicle', and It marks the start of a new era.

On the ground the vehicle drives like a sports car. Within minutes its rotor is unfolded and its tail is extended: then it is ready to take off thanks to the advanced gyrocopter technology.

With these successful test results it is proven that it is not only possible to build a flying car but also that it can be done within existing international rules for both flying and driving.

Having passed this important milestone the company is now inviting investors to join them in creating the future.

The next step will be the design of the first commercial production model of the PAL-V, and first deliveries are expected in 2014.

For 100 years people have dreamed of a flying car, and many attempts have been made to realize this dream, but now it has truly become a reality.

www.PAL-V.com

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[oscar7771]

60 % of car drivers are stupid, careless, so , this flying machine will be good idea to reduce the global population

[ADRIAN12150]

Dear santa...

[johncurry09]

@Parsonsprogress So then, explain to me what it is a "driving helicopter " does if it doesn't fly? Following your logic would lead me to believe that helicopters cannot fly. But in fact they DO defy gravity and they DO FLY. Therefore that makes this "driving helicopter" indeed a FLYING CAR.

[Brandan Bednarz]

wtf is this everyone is going to crash

[Parsonsprogress]

This isn't a flying car, It's a driving helicopter.

[Ivan Mosian]

круто

[thatstheguy07]

MASK.

[Nino F]

When the realase? I suppose that to build it with good finishist be hard.

[777JSOB]

This is very cool but I'm not sure if I'd want to see sky full of idiot sky drivers, it's bad enough on the road.

[TERRY SMITH]

so is a pencil

[erion jaho]

You have to get a licence first and that would be very difficult :D

[Carlos Matias]

Even if it can't be used by everyday people, it will still be extremely usefull for cops and doctors.