Switchblade Flying Car Exhibits at Sand & Fun Airshow in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sam Bousfield, Samson Sky CEO and designer of the Switchblade spoke with His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz about the Switchblade Flying Car, while dozens of people crowded around the exhibit at Sand & Fun.

The Middle East’s largest general aviation event, Sand & Fun Airshow 2025, recently held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, welcomed a new exhibitor from the U.S., Oregon-based Samson Sky, makers of the Switchblade Flying Car.

Behold the Pivotal Helix flying car

Safety first: Helix boasts a built-in parachute Photo: Pivotal

The Pivotal Helix represents the culmination of over a decade of development in light electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) technology by Pivotal, a California-based company specializing in accessible personal aviation.

Slovakia’s unexpected leap: Klein Vision’s AirCar redefines personal mobility

Klein Vision's AirCar

In an era where autonomous vehicles, immersive virtual environments, and wearable computing devices dominate daily life innovations once confined to speculative fiction the aviation sector is witnessing a paradigm shift toward hybrid transportation solutions.

Aridge advances modular evtol production for affluent markets

Aridge advances

The transition from conceptual advanced air mobility (AAM) to tangible urban air transportation solutions marks a pivotal shift in transportation engineering, where electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles redefine multimodal integration.

These flying cars will soon flood America – they don’t even require a driver’s license

Jetson one

Jetson, a Polish startup founded by inventor Tomasz Patan, embodies the ambitious vision of democratizing aviation by enabling “everyone a pilot.”