Birds are so much more maneuverable than our airplanes are today.
Birds can hover, they can fly backwards and sideways. And air-cars are just the beginning. Image courtesy of Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center. The task of the Morphing Project is to envision what cutting-edge aerospace design will be like 20 years from now and begin developing the technologies to make it happen. For example, a personal air-car needs to be compact, yet able to fly at both very low and very high speeds.