This has come up twice in the last 24 hours. It’s time I made a stand.
Or at least a blog entry.

In cartroo’s blog, besides the perfectly justified tirade against a piece of BBC non-reporting (I pay my license fee for what? To fund this tripe and VERY expensive and expansive adverts for more BBC channels, for which I’m ALSO already paying…?)

uh where was I… besides this tirade, he mentions this article. In ‘the future’ commuters will be cutting each other up in 3 dimensions. This comes up from time to time. In the late ’90s I came upon the latest breakthrough skykar that was available imminently and would run on regular gasoline etc. etc. etc. Eventually it turned out even slightly more interesting than that.

• Looks pretty interesting
• Hmm. some sort of foolishness has been occurring
• Highly experienced
• Volantor, from the French Voler, to fly. Interestingly Voleur means literally ‘flyer’ but really means ‘Thief’
• Riiight. You shifted all the mollers you had, eh?

Hmm. Couldn’t resist sending this one.

Hi,

I was interested in more information about a Moller Skycar M400. As a skycar would be a significant investment I was wondering whether it was possible for customers to view or operate one prior to ordering?

I note your website states they are currently out-of-stock. Do you normally carry them in stock? At what sort of rate do you expect to move them? When are you expecting the next consignment?

Regards,

Steve Carter M.Eng

• TechTV vault on the moller skycar. contains actual footage of skycar lifting off the ground at the end of a taut cable attached a … um .. crane!!!
• Moller’s Biog
• The man himself, in his early saucer

Well, he seems sincere. But he also seems deluded.