Flying Machine...Near Future??? (1 Viewer)

[jeff lam]

Will people be flying around like birds in the near future?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...yingmachine_dc

 

[Richard Travale]

Hmmm, sounds interesting. I'm wondering how someone is going to be able to stand up with a 300 pound contraption on their back though...

 

[Scott McGillivray]

I saw one of these on TV a few years back. It looked really cool. You don't carry it on your back. You kind of stand on its frame and strap yourself in. It looks really useful for military/police applications as well as may be useful for patroling borders or even courier service.

 

[Moe Maishlish]

Look, up in the sky!
It's a bird! It's a Plane!
Naw... it's just Moe on his way to the office...

(I want one)
Moe.

 

[Ryan Wright]

Will people be flying around like birds in the near future?

Not at that price point.

These people have been developing this for several years. It looks very promising, and I'd love to buy one, but at several times the cost of my house I think it's a bit outside most budgets.

This auction does make me wish I was an eccentric millionaire, though. I'd buy it up in a heartbeat. First thing I'd do is break the terms of that stupid contract and go for a flight!