Flying cars take off: ‘World’s first’ airborne automobile finally in production — and its pricetag is soaring

Alef Aeronautics is turning sci-fi into reality by beginning production on the world’s first flying car, the Alef Model A ...
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Artificial intelligence brings a virtual fly to life

This video shows the fly model’s body structure and degrees of freedom. The fly model consists of 67 body parts connected by 66 joints, amounting to 102 degrees of freedom. The video shows a sequence ...
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Model airplanes impress crowds during Fun-Fly

CHENANGO BRIDGE – Model airplanes swirled, spiraled and swooped as their motors hummed Sunday for the 30th annual Giant Scale Fun-Fly event hosted by the Binghamton Aeros club. Sunday was the second ...
Business Insider

Flying cars in movies and TV and the real-life vehicles they inspired

The FAA just approved the first electric flying car, the Alef Model A, for test flights. The first flying car, a Model T with wings attached, was created 106 years ago. In 1930, the first flying car ...
Los Angeles Times

Flying model aircraft at Costa Mesa’s Fairview Park spared by council from crash and burn

Flying model aircraft in Costa Mesa’s Fairview Park — on the chopping block due to concerns about wildlife disruption — may resume in the future, albeit in a limited capacity and only until a new home ...
The Drive

Russian Company Builds Flying Model of Multipurpose Frigate Drone

Remember the THOR Transformer Drone that could both hover and cruise equally well, combining the characteristics of an airplane and a helicopter? Well, it turns out that Russia’s Kronstadt Group, a ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Opinion: New regulations threaten model aviation hobby

A local model aviation club – the Cincinnati Aeromodelers – hosted the Ohio Dawn Patrol flying event last weekend celebrating the family-oriented and educational hobby of flying model aircraft.
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Rocket, Flying Model Kit, Saturn V

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is an unassembled Saturn V ...
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Rocket, Flying Model, Hall Line

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a flying rocket model built ...
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‘Flying-V’ model embarks on first test flight — with Airbus support

A scaled model of the ‘Flying-V’ blended wing aircraft concept — first unveiled by Dutch researchers last year — has completed its first test flight in Germany. Airbus also emerged as the latest ...
New Atlas

Bionic Bird releases upgraded X-Fly remote-control flying insect

Four years ago we told you about the MetaFly, a remote-control flapping-wing flying model insect made by French startup Bionic Bird (which did previously release a model bionic bird). Well, the ...