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Australian former helicopter pilot Christopher Malloy has built the world's first flying motorcycle in his Sydney garage, the Daily Mail reported.

He plowed his entire life-savings into the project, which took two and a half years to complete.

His futuristic creation - dubbed the Hoverbike - can reach an altitude of 10,000ft and speeds of over 100mph.

Fans of the design have already compared Malloy's work to the 'speeder bikes' from the Stars Wars sequel "Return Of The Jedi" or the hovering car from "Back To The Future".

The machine uses a custom-built carbon-fiber airframe and a BMW engine.

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澳男子造首輛飛行摩托

?????? 據(jù)英國《每日郵報》報道，澳大利亞前直升機飛行員克里斯托弗?馬洛伊在他悉尼的車庫里研發(fā)出世界上第一輛可以飛上天的摩托車。

?????? 該項發(fā)明歷時兩年半，耗費了他所有的積蓄。

?????? 他給這輛未來感十足的飛行摩托起名叫“搖擺自行車”，其飛行高度可達1萬英尺（3048米），時速超過100英里（160.93公里）。

?????? “飛行摩托”的粉絲們稱，這完全可以媲美好萊塢科幻片《星球大戰(zhàn)：武士復仇》和《回到未來》中的飛行摩托。

?????? 這輛飛行摩托采用的是寶馬發(fā)動機，機身用碳化纖維制成。

(China.org.cn July 4, 2011)