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The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxThe bosses of a Japanese technology manufacturer are on Cloud Nine after the successful test flight of a flying car – bringing humanity closer to a future imagined decades ago.SkyDrive Inc is a start-up technology company from the makers of Cartivator and backed by Toyota who had hoped to have a functioning flying car ready to take part in this years’ postponed Tokyo Olympic Games.And while the Games may have been cancelled in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the innovators behind the plan have not slowed down.New footage has shown the company giving their product a test flight – with a video showing the sleek design hovering.

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