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From England to Timbuktu in a Flying Car

SkycarGilo Cardozo, a paramotor manufacturer (picture a parachute with a giant fan) had the notion four years back to attach a paramotor assembly to a car.

The result, he’s about to take halfway around the world.  The vehicle is a modified Rage Motorsport off-road racing buggy, and flies at speeds up to 80mph.   With chief pilot and expedition organiser Neil Laughton, Cardozo will fly and drive the two-seater more than 3,700 miles to Timbuktu. Setting off on January 14, they will take about 40 days to reach the city in Mali, west Africa.

Somehow, it’s … different than I’d pictured.  But hey, flying car!

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