Yours for £5m, a micro-plane fit for James Bond

IT could be the ultimate vehicle for every super-rich James Bond fan – an Aston Martin micro-plane.

007’s favourite car-maker plans to create a three- seater craft, costing £3million-£5million, which would fly at speeds of up to 200mph for 300 miles.

The ‘Volante Vision’ would take off and land vertically thanks to three propellers, carrying the pilot and two passengers in a Perspex cockpit. In flight, the nose- cone would drop down – like Concorde’s did – to give the occupants a near all-round view.

Expanding on technology from Aston Martin cars, it would be constructed of super lightweight carbon-fibre compounds with ‘green’ hybrid electric-gas turbines to power the propellers.

The plans will be unveiled at the Farnborough Air Show today.

The project is being carried out by an all-British consortium of Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce, Cranfield Aerospace Solutions and Cranfield University, with Government support.

The team say it could be in production within five years – but sadly for Bond fans, no ejector seats are planned.