It was once the stuff of science fiction novels, but the concept of a flying car is now a reality after a prototype completed a 35-minute flight between two airports in Slovakia.

The AirCar is capable of flying around 600 miles at a height of up to 8,000ft.

An ingenious cross between a car and an aircraft, it runs on normal petrol-pump fuel and is powered by an engine made by BMW, with a cruising speed of 120mph.

The flying car made a successful flight between the airports of Nitra and Bratislava in Slovakia on Monday.

After landing at Bratislava airport, its inventor, Prof Stefan Klein, drove it straight from the runway into the city.

To transform from a car into an airplane takes less than three minutes. Its wings rise up and then fold along the sides of the vehicle.

So far the AirCar, which can carry two people, has completed around 40 hours of test flights but it is not yet certified for commercial flight.

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