Car that looks part dune buggy, part paraglider lands safely near Dover Bruno Vezzoli launched his flying machine down an abandoned wartime runway near Calais (Photo: Facebook)A French pilot crossed the English Channel on Wednesday in a flying car that looks part dune buggy, part paraglider.Named “Pegasus” – a winged horse in Greek mythology – the flying car is the brainchild of Jerome Dauffy, an entrepreneur inspired by early aviators such as Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont and Frenchman Louis Bleriot who made the first flight across the Channel in 1909.end-ofTags: paragliding, car, english channel, french man.”
I would say that the biggest risk, just like with any engine-powered machine, would be a breakdown,” Vezzoli told CAP MOULD MAIN CONFIGURE-COOLING CORE Reuters TV as he made his pre take-off checks. “Usually you land on the ground, but in this case we would have to do a sea-landing.”The automotive and aeronautic industries were born around a century ago and it’s only now that we are managing to combine the two modes,” Dauffy said.Dauffy’s initial ambition had been to build a flying machine that could travel round the world in 80 days.”Vezzoli landed safely 59 km (36 miles) away, near the English port town of Dover.Under a clear blue sky, Bruno Vezzoli launched his flying machine down an abandoned wartime runway near Calais, lurching from side to side as he slowly gained altitude suspended beneath a giant canopy.
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