Handley Page HP120 Flying Car

This model of a flying car powered by a jet engine, and fitted with folding wings and a moveable tail was built for wind tunnel testing.

Before building full-sized prototypes, designers often use large accurate models to observe the behaviour of proposed new aircraft under simulated flight conditions inside wind tunnels. In the 1950s there was considerable interest in the concept of a flying car and the Handley Page Company developed their HP120 Flying Car. However, the absence of a suitable vectored thrust engine to power it prevented the project going beyond the wind tunnel model stage.