Brit loonies adventurers headed to Timbuctoo by 'flying car'

An adventurous office developer and "extreme golfer" who was the first man to circumnavigate the UK by jetski now plans an expedition to Timbuctoo in a combination motorised parachute and dune buggy. The "Skycar" vehicle is described as "the world's first bio-fuelled flying car".

Neil Laughton is a modern British adventurer of the usual sort, having undertaken dozens of corporately-sponsored desperate ventures around the world in aid of good causes. Like many of his wilderness-prowling colleagues he is a regular on the after-dinner speaking circuit, on top of his day job as chairman of an office development firm.

In addition to being one of the first two men ever to complete the Awesome Eight Golf Challenge ("golfers must play eight of the most remote and climatically extreme golf courses in the world... not using any caddy or cart"), Laughton has ticked off many another badge: the Seven Summits (highest mountain on every continent), the round-UK wetbike caper, skiing the North Pole, motorcycling the Sahara etc...

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