SHOOTING FOR THE SKY
Samson Sky, an aircraft manufacturer based out of Redmond, Oregon was recently granted a patent by the European Union for a flying sports car known as the Switchblade. To fly the Switchblade, the wings on the vehicle spread out and the tail extends in fewer than three minutes, the patent claims. The Switchblade’s first practice flight was recently held at Grant County Airport in Moses Lake, Washington. Here, the prototype test vehicle took off and flew at an altitude of 500 feet for nearly six minutes before successfully landing. The vehicle-plane combo can be registered as an Experimental Category Aircraft and as a custom motorcycle or kit car on the ground, depending on local regulations.
A COLOURFUL CANVAS
Presented on December 6 at the Art Basel in Miami Beach, this custom Revuelto took Lamborghini 435 hours to hand paint. Sibling vehicle to the Huracan Sterrato Opera Unica which debuted in August and took the automaker 370 hours to complete—the equivalent of working 15 days straight—the Revuelto instead took the equivalent of 18 straight working days for the exterior alone. Unlike its predecessor, the Revuelto incorporates purple and black—specifically viola passifae and nero helene—along with streaks of red, blue and other colours. Made to celebrate Lamborghini’s 60th anniversary, the Reveulto has already been sold to a collector for more than one million dollars.
