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Humanity is to enter a new era of transport as a flying car could on sale next year. The BlackFly airborne vehicle was by maker Opener in California on Thursday. It the brainchild of Google co-founder Larry Page. BlackFly's designers say it can for up to 40km at a speed of 100kph. It will eventually the same as a typical sports-utility car. The vehicle has been in Canada, which has authorized its use. Even though it will to the skies, drivers (or pilots) will not need a pilot's license to behind the controls. However, BlackFly operators will have to successfully a pilot's written examination and receive training in how to use the vehicle.

Critics say the term "car" is somewhat of a misnomer as it no wheels and cannot be on roads. A more accurate description would a person-carrying drone. The vehicle can only one person and is by eight propellers - four at the front of the car and four at the back. Company CEO Marcus Leng said: "Opener is the art of flight with a safe and affordable flying vehicle that can its operators from the everyday restrictions of ground transportation." A former vice-president of knowledge at Google said the age of personal flight could arriving with BlackFly. He said: "I've in my career that things from impossible to inevitable in a very short period of time."