Ryan XV-8 flexible wing aerial utility vehicle - photo

[Altair]

Ryan XV-8 experimental flexible wing aerial utility vehicle from the 1960s.




Previously:

1949 Aerauto flying car - video
Passenger autonomous aerial vehicle - GIF
Jetson ONE personal electric aerial vehicle - GIF
Personal air landing vehicle gyrocopter - GIF
de Lackner HZ-1 personal helicopter - photo and video

[IntheGroove]

I would bet that that pilot is wearing a parachute...

[meyer77]

When I was about 6 or 7 I got what looked like that above for Christmas, I had a bad cold so my brothers said they would try it out, to see how it flew. That is the last time I saw it! It was called The wing Thing.