Paragliding

Indiana's Pete Bitar has quite a few pots on the boil right now, including an eVTOL "flying supercar," directed energy weapons and electric jetpacks. Now he can add an electric paraglider to the list, after the first Canop-E's successful test flight.

Back in 2008, we heard about a parasail-equipped dune buggy, known as the Parajet Skycar. One epic 6,000-km (3,728-mile) drive/flight later, its creators got some ideas about how the design could be improved. The result is the lighter, better-flying and less-polluting SkyRunner.

Serbian designer Zvezdan Nedeljkovic has penned a paragliding electric motor tricycle concept.

A quick look over what's out there, in development in the world of flying cars and motorcycles … with a bonus look at some personal flying saucers, a flying boat and a few concepts that will never get off the ground.

This Yamaha R1-engined, biodiesel-powered all-terrain dune buggy is capable of extremely safe flight as a powered paraglider. There's a commuter model in the pipeline - and you won't need a pilot's license to fly it.

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