The Ultimate Flying Machine: Sexy as a Sports Car, Portable as a Jet Ski

Today is the plane’s first flight. Aeronautical calculations, computer simulations, and wind tunnel tests have been performed, of course. And yet … every maiden flight is a dance with death. If all that math was foolproof, after all, no one would need test pilots.

By Carl Hoffman

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