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From a Facebook Discussion about the history of Grav Cycles (or personal flying machines)

  • John Carter of Mars (1912 and 1917) - A personal flying craft
  • Marvel Comics character MODOK (1967) - A flying chair
  • DC Comics character Metron (Gods of New Genesis) (1971) - Another flying chair
  • Larry Niven "Flight of the Horse" (1973) - Earliest example of "flying cycle"
  • Judge Dredd Lawmaster (1977-1980) - Flying motorcycle
  • Flycycle - Merchants & Merchandise (1981)
  • Grav Bike - Journal of the Travellers Aid Society No. 14 (1982)
  • HeMan (Animated TV series "cartoons") - One-man flying device.
  • Return of the Jedi (1983) - After this, the idea of a flying cycle proliferated.