Inventors create 'flying saucer' to travel from Europe to America in an hour(1/3)

Photo shows ADIFO (All Direction Flying Object), the first VTOL aircraft in the world flying in all directions, March 29, 2019. (Photo/IC)

ADIFO, or the All-DIrectional Flying Object, is a flying machine designed "to change the actual paradigm of flight."

At low speed, it operates like a quadcopter, at high speed, it's a jet-propelled, highly efficient supersonic aircraft whose entire body acts as a low-drag wing. Those are the claims of the Romanian creators of this flying saucer that's designed to offer unprecedented aerial agility across a broad range of speeds.

Photo shows the ADIFO team working with the prototype. (Photo/IC)

The ADIFO prototype in wind tunnel testing. (Photo/IC)