"robert arndt"
Ed, it was a farce. The mock-up and two prototypes were demonstrated
as purpose failures to mislead the Soviets into believing this was the
direction the US was going with disc technology. Despite the AVROCAR,
the US had already aquired disc technology from Germany via AVRO

Perhaps! With a little bit more imagination, they should have added a
ground effect skirt and perhaps they would have had a proto type of a
hovercraft, although a very small one. Does anyone know when the first
hovercraft was designed? The UK is generally given credit for the first
practical in use models I believe.
Ed