The New Convertible Wingsuits and jet wings thrill, but may not seem practical. It takes a lot of planning to get your hang glider ready and wait for good conditions or strap on a wing and jump from a plane. What if you could just step into your car and take off ? T e AeroMobil 3.0 might be the answer. T e AeroMobil 3.0 brings air travel to
your front door. T is machine is built for two. On the road, it drives like a regular car. It runs on gasoline. It’s speedy. It can reach speeds of 160 kilometers per hour. Parking isn’t a problem. It fits into a regular parking space like other cars. T e car turns into an airplane when
its wings unfold. It needs a long strip of grass or open road to take off . Driving fast, the car’s wings create more liſt than the downward pull of gravity. It soars into the air! When fl ying, the AeroMobil 3.0 moves like any other small aircraſt . Back on the ground, its wings tuck in
with the press of a button. T en the nearest road takes the travelers to their destination.
AeroMobil hopes to have its fl ying car ready for sale in 2017.
Future Flight Strap yourself in. T ink about where you want to go. Take off . How much easier could fl ying get? NASA might make this happen in the future. NASA’s Puffin has a tail that splits into four legs. It takes off like a rocket. T en it turns on its side to jet off to its destination. According to its designers, no special
pilot training is needed for a safe fl ight. You open the door and step inside. Puffin’s control systems “feel” your intentions. Quickly, you’re on your way. T e Puffin’s batteries provide power
for small electric engines. Today, batteries limit Puffin to trips of only 80 kilometers. But who knows? Maybe Puffin will be the bicycles of tomorrow. From the look of these inventions for fl ight, the skies will be quite busy in the future!
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