Latest Updates
Samson Sky’s Washington, D.C. Advocate Tours the R&D Facility, Recent MotorTrend Coverage, and Radiator Testing Videos – an Inside Look
Samson’s Washington, D.C. Advocate, Duane Gibson, who has been educating U.S. Congressional leaders about the Switchblade, recently toured our R&D Facility. See the great coverage from MotorTrend. And watch videos from the latest radiator tests with candid discussions between the engineers.
We are Midway Through a Great Year with Many Exciting Things to Come!
Samson Sky is making history by providing high-performance in both modes. This hasn’t been easy! But we keep making progress towards the goal in perfecting the vehicle design, including the hybrid system we call the Skybrid™.
Successful Next Round of Radiator Testing, Progress on Tail Assembly and Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary
The third round of radiator testing was short and successful, using the flight test prototype that flew in November 2023 (see video below). And, in celebration of America’s 250th Anniversary, we made this special image. Happy 4th of July from the makers of the “Freedom Machine”!
Working hard to make things ready, as we hire and pull in new staff needed to bring the Switchblade into production
We are talking to contractors for the first production facility. Experts at supply chain, regulatory documentation, assembly, and more. It is a dream that is becoming reality.
Travels Dubai
Switchblade flying sports car enters Tajikistan market under new $11.5m deal
Urban Air Mobility News
Samson Sky wins flying car orders from, and GA development cooperation deal with, Tajikistan
USA Today
Oregon-based Samson Sky Inks Deal in Tajikistan for Switchblade Flying Sports Car
Aviation International News
Sam Bousfield, CEO Samson Sky Highlighted by AIN for receiving Global Innovator Award
“Best of” In the Press
Smithsonian Magazine
“Bousfield wanted to unchain himself from the prescribed geography of 20th-century air travel.
Architectural Digest
The former architect and founder of Samson Sky talks the design of the Switchblade flying car
Popular Science
“The Switchblade still retains some car-like features — occupants sit side-by-side in an enclosed climate…
AOPA
“It’s got a parachute, it has a dashboard that changes from flight gauges to driving gauges, and it looks as…
Yahoo News
“A Ferrari-red flying car could soon become every commuter’s dream come true: It would fly over miles of…
Scientific American
“Occupants would sit in the aerodynamic Switchblade side by side in leather seats and climate-controlled luxury…
Robb Report Ultimate Gift Guide
“On the road, the Switchblade will achieve 36 miles per gallons of regular unleaded automobile gasoline…
Popular Mechanics
“The flying car—it’s been a tantalizing but elusive dream since the early days of aviation. Now a new wave of
Fox Business
“Traffic jams could become a thing of the past, with the latest advent of a car… that doubles as an airplane…
Automobile Magazine
“For more than a century, inventors, futurists, hucksters, journalists, and even a few blue-chip corporations…
Forbes
“Crucially, from the point of view of companies looking to build and sell flying cars, the bill provides for the road…