{"id":14982,"date":"2017-09-28T11:58:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T15:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14982"},"modified":"2018-01-03T21:53:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T02:53:43","slug":"sci-tech-boeing-gofly-prize-for-personal-flying-devices-videos-of-personal-flying-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14982","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Boeing GoFly Prize for personal flying devices + Videos of personal flying devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boeing is sponsoring the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goflyprize.com\/\" target=\"_d\">GoFly Prize<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>We\u2019re calling on all inventors and doers to make human flight a reality by building the world\u2019s first personal flying device for anyone, anywhere. Over the next two years, teams will compete to win $2,000,000 in prizes, creating revolutionary technology and accessing the top minds in aerospace.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Full announcement is at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goflyprize.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GoFly-Press-Release_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFly\u200b \u200bLaunches\u200b \u200bCompetition\u200b \u200bto\u200b \u200bBring\u200b \u200bPersonal\u200b \u200bFlying\u200b \u200bDevices\u200b \u200bto\u200b \u200bthe\u200b \u200bMasses:\u00a0Boeing to Sponsor $2 Million, Two-Year International Incentive Competition &#8211; Boeing (pdf)<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>There are certainly no shortage of individuals and companies building such devices:<\/p>\n<p>** <em>Woman Flying on a drone\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ONyUWirIWfk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>**\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/military\/aviation\/a28397\/kalashnikov-hovercycle\/\" target=\"_d\">Kalashnikov Unveils Flying &#8216;Hovercycle&#8217; &#8211; Popular Science<\/a> [Update: Original video taken down. This one has similar footabge of the Hovercycle.]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vbs0e-lPMK4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <em>Flyboard Air Flight Demo (<a href=\"https:\/\/flyboard.com\/flyboardair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flyboard<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/adK5Enl0aVU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>**\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-emirates-dubai-drones\/dubai-starts-tests-in-bid-to-become-first-city-with-flying-taxis-idUSKCN1C0232\" target=\"_d\">Dubai starts tests in bid to become first city with flying taxis<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.volocopter.com\/en\/\" target=\"_d\">Volocopter<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qArZGwtRINg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** Kitty Hawk Flyer San Francisco Flight-Test, June 10, 2017 (<a href=\"https:\/\/kittyhawk.aero\/\" target=\"_d\">Kitty Hawk<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/54ASH0kMSCM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <em>Series 1 Jetpack Manned Flying August 2017<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinjetpack.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martin Jetpack<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rD8vcTCWpmo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <em>Guy builds working hoverbike in garage<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/flytaerospace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flyt Aerospace<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7bxTypl0sOY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heroflyer.com\/\" target=\"_d\">HeroFlyer.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o4hNgpG-K1U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=mp3&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=e925371d9a71da991024e906063e8170&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boeing is sponsoring the\u00a0GoFly Prize We\u2019re calling on all inventors and doers to make human flight a reality by building the world\u2019s first personal flying device for anyone, anywhere. Over the next two years, teams will compete to win $2,000,000 in prizes, creating revolutionary technology and accessing the top minds in aerospace. (Full announcement is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14982\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Boeing GoFly Prize for personal flying devices + Videos of personal flying devices<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3TE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4120,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4120","url_meta":{"origin":14982,"position":0},"title":"Boeing Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to move to Houston for permanent exhibit","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"An announcement from Boeing: Retired NASA 905 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft prepares for move to its permanent home \u00a0 Boeing sponsors relocation of historic aircraft as part of a new six-story attraction and educational experience at Space Center Houston HOUSTON \u2013 Executives from The Boeing Company and Space Center Houston, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=37"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25056,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=25056","url_meta":{"origin":14982,"position":1},"title":"Videos: \u201cSpace to Ground\u201d &#038; other space habitat reports \u2013 May.19.2022","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest episode in NASA's Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station: https:\/\/youtu.be\/xasnaNpgq04 ** Watch rendezvous and docking of the Boeing Starliner vehicle with the ISS. 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