---
title: "Man Sighted Flying Through City on Giant Drone"
description: "In a new viral video captioned \"this man is living in 2030,\" a person can be seen zipping along a public road, riding on top of a high-powered drone."
date: "2021-04-26"
modified: "2021-10-30"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/man-flying-giant-drone"
categories:
  - "Drones"
  - "Robotics"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "hoverboard"
  - "hoverboards"
  - "the digest"
---

# Man Sighted Flying Through City on Giant Drone

![In a new viral video captioned "this man is living in 2030," a person can be seen zipping along a public road, riding on top of a high-powered drone.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/man-flying-giant-drone.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Twitter\</em\>*

## City Hoverboard

The hoverboard from "Back to the Future II" is finally here.

But it's a lot less inconspicuous than a [sleek 80s era skateboard](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/inventors-create-working-hoverboard>) that just happens to defy gravity — and a lot more like the Green Goblin from the "Spider-Man" franchise.

In a new viral video captioned "this man is living in 2030," a person can be seen zipping along a public road, riding on top of what looks like a high-powered drone with eight propellers.

It's likely the stunt broke several laws, but at least the drone rider decided to wear a helmet.

https://twitter.com/BuitengebiedenB/status/1385925033755824128

## Hoverboard Rush

As it turns out, the video isn't some CGI trickery. The drone was created by an inventor named Hunter Kowald, who [we interviewed here](<https://futurism.com/interview-giant-drone-guy>).

Several videos online show what the drone "hoverboard" is capable of. One video shows a man soaring above the tree line over the top of a country-side pond.

According to the company's website, it's "the first real hoverboard." Its inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru broke the world record for the longest hoverboard flight with it, [some 905 feet](<https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/hoverboard-duru-1.3270569?x-eu-country=false>), back in 2015, according to the *Guinness Book of World Records*.

https://youtu.be/kmUFk3qn8MA

*Updated with additional information about the inventor of the drone.*

**READ MORE:** [Real-Life Hoverboard Seen Zipping Through Streets, Retails for $20k](<https://www.tmz.com/2021/04/25/real-life-hoverboard-flying-through-streets-sells-for-20k/>) \[*TMZ*\]

**More on hoverboards:** *[Inventors Create Working Hoverboard](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/inventors-create-working-hoverboard>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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