On October 21st, 2011, Thomas Senkel of e-volo made the first manned
flight with an electric multicopter at an airstrip in the southwest of
Germany. The flight lasted one minute and 30 seconds, after which the
constructor and test pilot stated: "The flight characteristics are good
natured. Without any steering input it would just hover there on the
spot". This could be the future of flight, piloting a device as simple
as a car.