Switchblade flying car/bike gains more sales at Oshkosh

At the moment, the flying car has as many sceptics as believers. However, at Oshkosh last month the Samson Sky added 115 sales of the Switchblade to its order books. At about US$170 000 per street legal vehicle, the Switchblade is able to both drive on highways and take-off and fly from airports.

The sales at EAA AirVenture represent nearly $22 million in value.

With the added interest at Oshkosh, Samson Sky now has more than 2,400 reservations across 57 countries, including from customers in all 50 US states. Those buyers will put down a $2,000 deposit within 45 days of the announcement of Switchblade's first flight. But about 100 have already pre-purchased the vehicle at full price to skip the queue.

"It was great to be back at AirVenture to take advantage of all the industry experts and suppliers who attend the show," said Sam Bousfield, founder and CEO of Samson Sky and lead designer of the Switchblade. "We were able to hold several key meetings with future partners and investors that made the show an even bigger success for us."

Bousfield and Samson Sky revealed the current iteration of the Switchblade, which has been in development for more than a decade, at Oshkosh in 2018, where it picked up over 100 reservations. Now, the design is headed for its first full flight after the company received FAA approval to begin airborne tests in June 2022. The firm describes its design as a flying sports car: the twoseat, three-wheel, street legal vehicle parks in the owner's garage, drives on highways, taxis and takes off on an airport runway and flies like an airplane.