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freebeard · 11-15-2019, 03:52 PM

The book sounds interesting, but I don't see a price. Maybe I'll recommend it to the city library.

I see the thread is lacking some Space Junkie:

Just A Car Guy: Ian Roussel's Space Junkie 2

edit:
Nothing new here, just possibly the first attempt at a flying car. The 1929 Guggenheim Competition was to find an airplane as easy to pilot as driving an automobile.

Guggenheim Safety Planes Feature Controllable Wings | Modern Mechanix

The Waterman Aerobile (Chuck Berry's choice) dated to 1937:

https://www.popularmechanics.com/tec...of-flying-car/

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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 29,315 Thanks: 8,339 Thanked 9,098 Times in 7,514 Posts	The book sounds interesting, but I don't see a price. Maybe I'll recommend it to the city library. I see the thread is lacking some Space Junkie: Just A Car Guy: Ian Roussel's Space Junkie 2 edit: Nothing new here, just possibly the first attempt at a flying car. The 1929 Guggenheim Competition was to find an airplane as easy to pilot as driving an automobile. Guggenheim Safety Planes Feature Controllable Wings \| Modern Mechanix The Waterman Aerobile (Chuck Berry's choice) dated to 1937: https://www.popularmechanics.com/tec...of-flying-car/ __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ___________________ . .Impossible is just something we haven't done yet. -- Langley Outdoors Academy Last edited by freebeard; 11-16-2019 at 04:28 PM..