Re: Get yours, we'll race!


"Ken Dixon" <kdixon2711@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 7/1/10 7:50 AM, CigarBaron wrote:
On Jun 30, 11:50 pm, Miss Elaine Eos<misc@*Your-pants*PlayNaked.com>
wrote:
Flying cars are finally here!
Been around since the 1960s.
CigarBaron

Nobody seems to remember the original flying car with the folding wings.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10113106-1.html

IIRC, those wings didn't fold. I do know that, on that car, you
essentially backed the vehicle into the wing and tail assembly, connected
a drive shaft, and then flew off. At the other end you did the reverse
and stored the wing/tail assembly, drove around, and came back for the
wings and tail to fly back home.
You're probably right now that I look closer. There was one that looked
similar but had manual Hellcat like folding wings, I'm just too lazy to
look for it. I'm sure there is a link out there somewhere.
Pretty cool concept, only problem is you still need a runway. It's not
like you're going to be driving down I-95 and decide to fly the rest of
the way and just deploy the wings and take off.

Heck, I've landed and taken off from any number of roads. Not I-95, mind
you; the country variety. Usually to rescue some fellow flier who ended up
in a cornfield or beanpatch somewhere...


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