I believe that man has been attempting to imitate the birds for years. First with the hot air balloon, then the airplane, and now the First Flying Bicycle.

Available on the famed Hammacher Schlemmer catalog, it is sadly not one where you pump the pedals and into the air you go. It is actually an ultralight para-trike aircraft, with a para-wing to provide lift. It has “a powerful two-stroke gasoline engine powers the craft’s three-bladed carbon fiber propeller for an airspeed of 25 mph. Designed to cruise at low altitudes (below 4,000′) with a range of approximately 75 miles from a full tank, it can operate from any suitable area of open space”.

This vehicle can fit into the trunk of a car, where you can presumably take it to where you can fly it. I actually was hoping to fly it to where I wanted to go, but hey, I’m guessing that you can’t really do that.

This is a pretty expensive ride at $45,000, available here. I honestly don’t have that amount of money burning a hole in my pocket for this. This does look like it would be fun to try.

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