{{Short description|Class of VTOL aircraft}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Use American English|date=March 2023}} thumb|right|250px|The Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee is an example of a flying platform
A '''Flying Platform''' is a type of VTOL aircraft for low cost individual usage for short range within an area. It is usually flown using kinesthetic control, similar to that of a surf board.<ref>https://patents.google.com/patent/US2417896A/en</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://thedebrief.org/the-us-military-spent-the-1950s-developing-vz-1_pawnee/|title= The US Military spent the 1950s developing "Flying Platforms"|access-date= 29 March 2023|last= Kass|first= Harrison|work= thedebrief.org|date= 2 July 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230329215048/https://thedebrief.org/the-us-military-spent-the-1950s-developing-vz-1_pawnee/|archive-date= 29 March 2023|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.airvectors.net/avplatfm.html|title=Flying Platforms & Jeeps|website=www.airvectors.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://howthingsfly.si.edu/media/flying-platforms|title=Flying Platforms | How Things Fly|website=howthingsfly.si.edu}}</ref>
==Examples== *{{Annotated link|De Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle}} *{{Annotated link|Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee}} *{{Annotated link|Petróczy-Kármán-Žurovec|PKZ-2}} *{{Annotated link|Williams X-Jet}}
==See also== *{{Annotated link|Passenger drone}} *{{Annotated link|Personal air vehicle}} *{{Annotated link|Power trowel}} *{{Annotated link|Hoverboard}}
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==External links== {{commonscat|Flying platforms}} *[https://fromtheswedisharchives.wordpress.com/2018/11/14/us-afv-concepts-no-7-aerial-assault-vehicle/ US AFV Concepts NO.7 – AERIAL ASSAULT VEHICLE]
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