TheScooterScoop

Here’s a little article on the man who invented the flying Zuma. A nice little read if you of an inventive nature. If you dream it… YOU CAN DO IT! (click to read the whole thing)

Can scooters fly? Torrance man proves the answer is yes: “Even at that size, it wouldn’t support a full-size motorcycle. Shaw spent months looking for the right motor scooter, one that would be sturdy enough to support the engine but light enough to fly. He settled on a sleek Yamaha Zuma.

He bolted a 4-foot-long propeller to the back, to power the machine in the air. He fixed two small fuel tanks to both sides, then attached the parafoil just behind the seat.

He took it to the desert for its first test flight. The scooter revved across the dusty ground, the propeller spinning in the back. The parafoil dragged behind it, then caught the air and swung up, up, above the scooter and up.

The wheels left the ground. The scooter climbed. And then it was flying.”