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http://www.euronews.com/ This rather unusual looking car can reach speeds of up to 180 kilometres an hour but that is not what makes it special.

All is revealed when it unfurls it propellors; this car can also fly.

The Personal Air and Land Vehicle or PAL-V is a gyrocopter that can both fly and is allowed on the road.

So what do you need to drive this machine?

Robert Dingemanse, CEO and founder of Dutch company PAL-V, said: “A normal drivers licence. And for flying a personal or private pilot’s licence and that’s something you get in around 20 to 30 hours worth of lessons. So it’s pretty easy in a gyrocopter. It’s a gyrocopter and that’s the easiest way of flying, also the safest way of flying.”

If the PAL-V sounds like the answer to the traffic jam, there is a hitch. It requires 165 metres of runway to take-off, 30 metres to land and can only be flown from an airport.

It is expected to retail for somewhere between 250,000 and 300,000 euros.

But the PAL-V is not the only flying car – or driving plane if you prefer – coming on to the market.

The US-based firm Terrafugia have just carried out successful tests on their own street-legal plane called the Transition.

Terrafugia say around 100 orders have already been placed for the car, which will cost roughly the same as its European cousin.

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  1. @daltmonteiro7417

    March 21, 2024 at 2:06 am

    Expectativa altamente acolhedora …dalt monts

  2. @fuadsoqair2

    March 21, 2024 at 2:06 am

    رائعة طيارة وسيارة في نفس الوقت ومفيدة وقت الزحمة وتفم ازمة المشكلة ما راح تدخل السعودية

  3. @mikego18753

    March 21, 2024 at 2:06 am

    There's some serious retards out there(with money)

  4. @debiion

    March 21, 2024 at 2:06 am

    what's the background track at 1:30?

  5. @alexcastleton5810

    March 21, 2024 at 2:06 am

    Must get one but $194,000 for the transition is asking a bit much

  6. @MrTadeo01

    March 21, 2024 at 2:06 am

    It lands safely.Like any gyrocopter.

  7. @takeoUup115

    March 21, 2024 at 2:06 am

    you mean in the air … you crash , duh .

  8. @dreicemoney

    March 21, 2024 at 2:06 am

    you need a runway to take off, that sucks.

  9. @dayner989

    March 21, 2024 at 2:06 am

    whaat if the motor stopps on the air.

  10. @andrewsheldonreeves

    March 21, 2024 at 2:06 am

    The gyrocopter looks safer. especially if it can be comtrolled by computer and a joystick.

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