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A FLYING CAR FROM THE ’80S, UP FOR SALE RIGHT NOW. MADE BY KITT
If you can’t get the Millennium Falcon
or the Enterprise in your backyard, this
might be the next best thing.
A flying car prototype called the Sky
Commuter will be sold by Barrett-
Jackson auctions in Arizona next week.
Made by now-defunct Washington
company Sky
Innovations in the ’80s, the Sky
Commuter was designed by Boeing
engineers who reportedly spent $6
million developing the project. That’s
over $11 million today, so it’s no
wonder the firm ran out of cash before
the work was done.
With three fans generating lift, the Sky
Commuter is
essentially a tricopter fed by a gas
turbine. Whether on the ground or in
the air, the exhaust gas is ejected out
the back to provide forward thrust,
allowing it to (hypothetically) act like
the hummingbird that appears on the
logo.
Sky Innovations claimed that the Sky
Commuter made
several successful test flights during
development, but unfortunately they
were never filmed, photographed, or
witnessed outside the company.
Theoretically, the vehicle could cruise
at 85 mph over a range of 225 miles. 
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