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there's a new flying car zooming interview it's called the Kitty Hawk flyer and the company is backed by Google co-founder Larry Page but calling it a car is a bit of a stretch it's more like a flying boat or even a hovercraft I guess Kitty Hawk pontoon doesn't sound as catchy the company hasn't yet revealed safety features for the 220 pounds eight rotorcraft but one of the first test pilots wrote of her experiences in a blog post saying that it took just a few hours training on a flight simulator to learn how to fly controls are in the handlebars and work like buttons and joysticks on a game controller but the craziest part about all this you don't need a pilot's license to fly one that's because it falls under the FAA s ultralight category let's put that in perspective for just a second you need a pilot's license to fly in most drones but you don't need a license for one of these if you want to get yourself some air time you'll need to sign up as a member and that's $100 for three years membership gets you two thousand dollars off the retail price but we don't yet know how much it will cost the flyer goes on sale at the end of 2017 and will look different to the prototype you're seeing now unfortunately the flyer won't be available for sale outside the US the website says it's more jia block purchases from other countries but you'll need to make your own arrangements to get it home and that doesn't mean flying at home either it's only designed to fly over fresh water not salt and not fly over land Kitty Hawk is one of several companies working on fly cars uber elevat is developing a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft while Airbus has a car / drone concept called hop up let's hope the Kitty Hawk passes safety checks with flying colors