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British adventurer and pilot Neil Laughton poses in his Parajet Skycar in London on Tuesday. Laughton and his Parajet Skycar Expedition team are on Wednesday kicking off a 3,600-mile journey from London to Timbuktu in the vehicle, which is essentially a dune buggy with a fan motor and paragliding wing attached. Creators call it the "world's first bio-fuelled flying car."

The prototype Skycar will travel by land and air through France, Spain, Morocco, the Western Sahara, Mauritania, and Mali, returning home via Senegal. Joining Laughton for part of the trip will be engineer Gilo Cardozo, the brain behind the Parajet Skycar. The pair has participated in past flying expeditions to the Himalayas, Alps, and Venezuela.

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My son asked me to build one
Many moons ago when my son was a wee lad, he saw a picture of a 'flying car' on the cover of Popular Science. He asked if we could get one. I told him they weren't invented yet.

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this is white people always end up in the news missing or dead.  edwinlugojr@... | 01/14/09
Are you a Luddite?  Dr_Zinj | 01/15/09
There will be no Fun  zclayton2 | 01/15/09
Stupid?  michael.thornton@... | 01/15/09
re: This is white people always end up in the news missing or dead.  DOsborne@... | 01/15/09
subject line.  Hates Idiots | 01/15/09
Reply from a white guy  dirk@... | 01/15/09
Racist ?  The Management consultant | 01/17/09
RE: (Photos: From London to Timbuktu--in a flying car)  seannj427 | 01/14/09
RE: (Photos: From London to Timbuktu--in a flying car)  sicconi@... | 01/15/09
He's probably already flown the car.  michael.tindall@... | 01/15/09
RE: (Photos: From London to Timbuktu--in a flying car)  dutchirene | 01/15/09
RE: (Photos: From London to Timbuktu--in a flying car)  cocoboots | 01/15/09
RE: (Photos: From London to Timbuktu--in a flying car)  pitniel | 01/15/09
Great idea but....  GOTBO | 01/16/09
Great idea but....  mliverin@... | 01/16/09
Did you read the caption?  fairportfan | 01/16/09
RE: (Photos: From London to Timbuktu--in a flying car)  scorpio4892003@... | 01/16/09
My son asked me to build one  ttheys@... | 01/20/09

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