Moller International is auctioning its first flying car type aircraft on eBay, saying it is in perfect condition, in the same configuration as it flew during its international press flight and is expected to appreciate in value as production models go on sale. "The M200X was the first flying car type vehicle to successfully demonstrate that it was possible to hover and maneuver a personal VTOL aircraft by someone with virtually no pilot training," the company said in a statement on the auction site.

Herr and frau have different driving habits, according to a study of 150,000 insurance policy holders in Germany. The survey was made by business consultancy NAFI for Capital Investor Finance Weekly. It confirmed stereotypes about male and female motorists.

The demand for gas-saving hybrids is so high that U. S. motorists are willing to pay $1,300 extra for a second-hand 2008 Toyota Prius. There is a long waiting-list for brand new models and even two-year old ones are selling for only a few hundred dollars less than a brand new one. According to Power Information Network, a marketing information firm based in California, the average selling price of a slightly-used 2008 Prius with an average 8,000 miles on it, was $27,945 in June. Even two-year old models, with an average of 22,000 miles sold, for only $276 less the dealer's price for a new unit.

Hundreds of fans and flight enthusiasts here at AirVenture 2008 were wowed on Tuesday as a New Zealand family debuted the Martin Jetpack, dubbed the "ultimate personal flying machine. "Inventor Glenn Martin said the device, which can fly a 280-pound passenger for 30 minutes, is "the world's first practical jetpack. " After spending 27 years developing the jetpack, the 48-year-old Glenn has involved his wife Vanessa and his two sons. Harrison, 16, test-flew the jetpack Tuesday at the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) AirVenture 2008.

An international cover model fell to her death from her nine-story apartment Saturday. Ruslana Korshunova, 20, landed on the street of Manhattan's busy financial district at 2:30 pm. Authorities are calling her death a suicide, as reportedly there was no sign of struggle inside her apartment.