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A California company hopes to sell a build-it-yourself kit by 2011

By Jim Nash

It is safe to bet that a flying motorcycle will never be a practical transportation option, but that has not stopped Samson Motorworks, a small engineering firm in northern California’s Sierra Nevada foothills, from playing the long odds.

The company is building a prototype of its Switchblade Multi Mode Vehicle, or flying motorcycle, and hopes to sell a $60,000 do-it-yourself kit as early as 2011 (engine and avionics are sold separately, for about $25,000 total).

Occupants would sit in the aerodynamic Switchblade side by side in leather seats and climate-controlled luxury, behind an aggressively angled nose and canard. Samson is working with a third-party avionics-maker to create an instrument display that switches from air to ground readings on landing.

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Reported by: Megan Higgens
Email: meganhiggens@kmtr.com
Last Update: 1/11 8:49 pm

Eugene (KMTR) – Today dozens gathered at the Eugene Airport to honor a soldier killed in Afghanistan.

Sergeant Joshua Lengstorf’s body arrived from Delaware this afternoon. Snow on the east coast caused a delay in the flight – which was supposed to arrive at noon.

Just after 1:30 p.m. – his plane arrived.

An American flag covered the casket as it was slowly lowered and carefully place inside a waiting hearse.

Family and friends – including Lengstorf’s wife and child – watched from just a few feet away.

Members of the Patriot Guard lined up, waiting to honor and escort home the fallen ….

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