Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) or Personal Flight Equipment (PFE)

[Mossie]

Love this pic, I have not seen it before

Carlos, just remembered, those Raketentrupen are available in 1/35 (the pic is of the box art), along with some of the machines from the DUST comics.  Not sure where'll you find them though, they seem rare & are OOP.

In box review of the Rakentrupen & 'Gunther':
http://mainly28s.com/review/ZZZZZZ.parente_dust.html

[GTX]

Speaking of PAVs, I recently stumbled across one of the most practical - the Samson Motorworks' SkyBike:





See http://www.samsonmotorworks.com/ for more info and much better pictures.

Regards,

Greg

[Mossie]

Nice!  Very sleek looking, has just got to appear in a Bond film!

Almost forgot about this one, the Westland WG.33.  As Westland attempt to develop that holy grail, an aerial jeep.


Curtiss Wright Air Car

[PR19_Kit]

Almost forgot about this one, the Westland WG.33.  As Westland attempt to develop that holy grail, an aerial jeep.

That's in the Helicopter Museum at Weston-s-Mare. It's positively MINUTE! That must be a pretty short squaddie in the pic, I'm darned if I could get in the teeny thing.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

That's in the Helicopter Museum at Weston-s-Mare. It's positively MINUTE! That must be a pretty short squaddie in the pic, I'm darned if I could get in the teeny thing.

Looks again Kit, there are two people in that thing.



Found this on gizmag.com and it looks like they have made a few improvements to the original concept.  The Gryphon winged suit has a 5:1 glide ratio, electronic guidance system and heads-up display.  The Gryphon was designed by SPELCO (
Links to images of the Gryphon on the SPELCO (:
Gryphon prototype
Gryphon on display
Close up showing the equipment storage area on the back of the Gryphon
Gryphon pre-jump inspection and preparation
Gryphon from the back
Gryphon from the front

Click on image for additional images.

(Image source: gizmag.com

Additional links to related articles:


AERO GIZMO: Yves Rossy prepares for Cross-Channel flight – without a plane (By Jack Martin 02:37 September 22, 2008 PDT)

AERO GIZMO: Jetman Yves Rossy's ambitious intercontinental flight falls short (By Darren Quick, 23:02 November 25, 2009 PST)

GizMag: Fusionman completes successful English Channel Crossing (By Noel McKeegan, 19:06 September 26, 2008 PDT)

AERO GIZMO: Preparations for world's first human landing WITHOUT a parachute (By Mike Hanlon, 22:00 December 2, 2004 PST)
Link to page and video: Jeb Corliss set to revolutionize skydiving with world record landing attempt without a parachute

YouTube video link: Wingsuit Base Jumping

YouTube video link: Loic Jean-Albert Wingsuit Flying

Birdman skydiving products Odd looking outfits when they are not in flight mode.  Reminds me of an Elvis costume that has taken flight without the king on board.

[PR19_Kit]

That's in the Helicopter Museum at Weston-s-Mare. It's positively MINUTE! That must be a pretty short squaddie in the pic, I'm darned if I could get in the teeny thing.

Looks again Kit, there are two people in that thing.

Hehe, darn right! They BOTH must be tiny! Perhaps they gave up feeding them first? 

[Jeffry Fontaine]

From Discovery.com: Aircraft Gets Personal With NASA's Puffin.  Meet the Puffin, a new concept vehicle that could revolutionize the way we travel (by Irene Klotz | Tue Feb 2, 2010 12:00 AM ET).


(image source: Discovery.com)