Czech 'GyroDrive' soars past rivals with copter-car hybrid

BOCHOR, Czech Republic - As global automakers compete to bring the first flying car to market, Czech pilot Pavel Brezina is trying a different tack: instead of creating a car that flies, he has made a "GyroDrive" - a mini helicopter you can drive.

The engineer and owner of Nirvana Systems, a company producing motors for small flying machines, insists his vehicle is the first in the world authorized to operate both on roads and in the air.

"This is the only road-certified flying vehicle I know about," Brezina said in a hangar at the Prerov-Bochor airport in the eastern Czech Republic.