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Photos: Brit travelling to Timbuktu in flying car

By Leslie Katz on 14 January 2009, 10:15am

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Two British adventurers are about to head off on a 3,600-mile maiden voyage that could well give new life to the phrase 'from here to Timbuktu'.

They'll be travelling alternately by land and sea in what they're calling the "world's first bio-fueled flying car" -- the Parajet Skycar, which is essentially a dune buggy with a fan motor and paragliding wing attached.

Pilot Neil Laughton (pictured above) plans to leave from London on Wednesday and journey through France, Spain, Morocco, the Western Sahara, Mauritania and Mali, returning home via Senegal. Joining him for part of the journey will be engineer Gilo Cardozo, who created the two-seat, road-legal vehicle. The Skycar will be accompanied by a team of overland adventurers in all-terrain vehicles carrying fuel and supplies.

The Skycar has a take-off speed of 60mph and, in flying mode, supposedly can hit a cruising altitude of 2,000 to 3,000 feet and a maximum altitude of 15,000 feet.

Photo credit: Zuma Wire West Photos

Source: Photos: A car flight from London to Timbuktu on Crave US

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