Flying car is finally here: AirCar (BBC)

AirCar: Convertible "flying car" takes to the sky: A prototype flying car has completed a 35-minute flight between international airports in Nitra and Bratislava, Slovakia. The hybrid aircraft-car, AirCar, is equipped with a BMW engine and runs on regular gas-pump fuel. Its creator, Professor Stefan Klein, said it can fly about 600 miles (1,000 km), at a height of 8,200 feet (2,500 m), and had clocked 40 hours in the air so far. Sadly, it takes two minutes and 15 seconds to transform from car into aircraft. More: Flying car completes test flight between airports

Would you buy a flying car for £300,000 ($414,649)? (BBC News, March 8, 2018) As Dutch company Pal-V unveils its flying car gyrocopter at the Geneva motor show, the BBC asks if the dream of flying cars for all could ever become a reality. Or will they remain toys for the rich, superseded by sky taxis that can fly autonomously? Theo Leggett reports from Geneva. Video by Peter Page. More