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In article , Mitchell Holman
says... Miloch wrote in news
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerocar Aerocar International's Aerocar (often called the Taylor Aerocar) was an American roadable aircraft, designed and built by Moulton Taylor in Longview, Washington, in 1949. Although six examples were built, the Aerocar never entered production. 60 miles per hour and have a top airspeed of 110 miles per hour. Civil certification was gained in 1956 under the auspices of the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA), and Taylor reached a deal with Ling-Temco-Vought for serial production on the proviso that he was able to attract 500 orders. When he was able to find only half that number of buyers, plans for production ended, and only six examples were built, with one still flying as of 2008 and another rebuilt by Taylor into the only Aerocar III. In 2013, the Disney film, Planes honored the design with a character based on the aerocar, Franz aka Fliegenhosen. Flying cars always suffer from the same defect - they make lousy cars, and they make mediocre airplanes. The compromises required for "transition" dooms them to underwhelming performance in each. But when transition is needed there is nothing like them............ ....just one word..."levitation" ....discover it ....practice it ....love it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levita...Levitaatio.jpg go Warriors! * |
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