WATCH | Slovakia’s flying car takes to the skies Dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle moved closer to production last week with inter city flight 04 July 2021 - 21:30 Denis Droppa The AirCar completed a 35-minute flight from Nitra to Bratislava in Slovakia this week.
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AirCar, a dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle moved closer to production last week, fulfilling a key development milestone by completing a 35-minute flight from Nitra to Bratislava in Slovakia.
The vehicle then folded its wings and drove the rest of its journey.
The hybrid car-aircraft has a BMW engine and runs on regular petrol-pump fuel.
Its creator, Stefan Klein, says it can fly about 1,000km, at a height of 8,200ft (2,500m). It takes under three minutes to transform from car into aircraft. When not flying, the wings fold down along the sides of the car.
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