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  Aerocar Aerocar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Aerocar Aerocar was a US roadable aircraft, designed and built by Moulton Taylor in 1949.
It is the most successful and probably the most famous "flying car" design to date, convertible into flight mode in five minutes by attaching a pusher propeller and wings.
Civil certification was gained in 1956, and Taylor reached a deal with Ling-Temco-Vought for serial production on the proviso that he was able to attract 500 orders.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aerocar_Aerocar   (184 words)

  
 Aerocar Hobby Lubricants - Model Trains | RC Cars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
AeroCar's products also work very well indeed in the model railroad field, and they have chosen several of their lubricants and packaged them especially for our use.
AeroCar recommends that prior lubrication be cleaned off a mechanism completely before using their products.
AeroCar Conducta is a conducting brush and commutator cleaner and lube, and the result was an over application that built up a film over the ground brush and created a short.
www.aerocarlubricants.com /Trains/testimonials.htm   (469 words)

  
 Ghosts Of The Past Chapter VII
Aerocar transit was strictly regulated on Pioneer 2; it had to be.
The aerocar made two more turns along the way before it slowly settled in towards a floating park, on a level with some of the upper decks but not attached to any building.
Above, an aerocar drifted past in the traffic channel, and between the trees I could see peeking through the lights of the surrounding skyscrapers but for all that I felt just as if I was alone in the Ragol wilderness, expecting danger at any moment.
maxlow.net /phantasystar/fanfics/whitney/ghost7.html   (2687 words)

  
 News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Aerocar Ltd, as mid-sized air cargo carrier, provides a high service level with the personal attention that you don’t often get when working with a large freight forwarding conglomerate.
Aerocar’s rank as a top 20 IATA agent positions them well to take advantage of the growth in cargo to and from Schiphol, which is substantial as of late.
Aerocar is a solid member of Aeroceanetwork and works through their own agents worldwide.
www.aeroceanetwork.com /AerocarBV.htm   (526 words)

  
 CafeTrip.com Canada - Niagara Falls Cable Car Ride Pictures, Information, Wallpaper & Pics
The Aerocar is suspended on six interlocking steel cables each 25 mm (1 in) in diameter.
The Aerocar is suspended between two Canadian points, although between the two points it crosses the Canadian and American borders four times on a full trip.
The rapids entering the whirlpool below the aerocar are visible moving at an estimated 35 to 37 km/h and the flow of the water coming through the river is about 2,800 m³/s (623,000 imp gal/s) in the summer months and 300,000 imperial gallons per second (1,400 m³/s) in the winter months.
www.cafetrip.com /feature/canada/ontario/niagarafalls/cablecarride   (425 words)

  
 purevolume™ | Aerocar Model Four   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Aerocar Model Four truly is a new breed of band.
With the bands unapologetic refusal to conform and high-energy attitude, Aerocar Model Four delivers an absolutely explosive on stage performance that grabs hold of the audience and never lets go.
With the high quality sound of a major label release and well-crafted songs, Aerocar Model Four has given birth to music that is rarely heard or equaled when it comes to independent music.
www.purevolume.com /aerocarmodelfour   (358 words)

  
 The Future
The AEROCAR 2000 design is not a compromise as a car or an airplane.
The AEROCAR 2000 may be less expensive than a pure aircraft—homebuilt or production.
The AEROCAR 2000 presently designed can be available as a homebuilt within four years.
www.aerocar.com /future.htm   (1533 words)

  
 Unreal Aircraft - Roadable Aircraft - Aerocar Aerocar
Unreal Aircraft - Roadable Aircraft - Aerocar Aerocar
Taylor dreamed of producing a roadable aircraft, which could be used as a family car and, as the need or inclination arose, have wings, tail and propellor quickly attached.
To meet 1970s requirements, the Aerocar would have to become too heavy and expensive to be practical.
www.unrealaircraft.com /roadable/aerocar.php   (272 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "How Flying Cars Will Work"
The flying-saucer-like vehicle was supposed to be a lightweight air carrier that would move troops to the battlefield.
Aerocar - Inspired by the Airphibian and Robert Fulton, whom he had met years before, Moulton "Molt" Taylor created perhaps the most well-known and most successful flying car to date.
The Aerocar was designed to drive, fly and then drive again without interruption.
www.howstuffworks.com /flying-car1.htm   (617 words)

  
 Born2Fly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Aerocar was a "road worthy" airplane certified for use as both a plane and an automobile.
The Museum's Aerocar III began as the sixth and last Aerocar I. In the late 1960s, Taylor bought it back after it had been damaged in a road accident.
Thanks to its large airplane engine, the Aerocar was quite sporty and, by all accounts, it was also quite stable and pleasant to fly.
www.srvhs.org /webclass/sr.cmayer/aero_car.htm   (322 words)

  
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The AEROCAR 2000 is a modern and high performance version of Molt’s 1950’s AEROCAR.
Initially, however, the AEROCAR 2000 will be available as an Experimental Aircraft under the existing homebuilt regulations of the FAA.
In its flight mode, the AEROCAR 2000 is a high wing airplane with conventional rudder and elevator.
www.aerocar.com   (1350 words)

  
 Museum of Flight
The Aerocar was a "roadable" airplane certified for use as both a plane and an automobile.
The Museum's Aerocar III began as the sixth and final Aerocar I. In the late 1960s, Taylor bought it back after it had been damaged in a road accident.
Moulton "Molt" Taylor was born in Portland, Oregon in 1912.
www.museumofflight.org /Collection/Aircraft.asp?RecordKey=C39138F6-8220-4A29-9B33-4C9A264D67FB   (408 words)

  
 Dark Swirl by Christopher J. Thomasson
Jer turns on the heater as the aerocar settles in front of a small house in a peaceful suburb of the city and he wonders how peaceful it will be come tomorrow.
He steps from the aerocar and walks the lonely walk to his home where his wife and children wait.
The sound of his throat clearing echoed through the aerocar and he checked the heads up display to make sure the radio waves were transmitting.
www.100megsfree.com /spyder/darkswirl.htm   (2312 words)

  
 Taylor Aerocar One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A non-roadable four-place version of the Aerocar, called the Aero-Plane made its first flight in Longview.
Aerocar International is a new firm formed recently by Roy Hyde of Ft. Worth with Molt Taylor as vice-president engineering and Herman Zimmer, vice president-marketing.
Taylor, who first flew his Aerocar in 1950 and has logged more than 1,000 flight hours and 100,000 road miles on the vehicle, was a naval aviator and project engineer at the Naval Aircraft Factory were he was in charge of pilotless aircraft and missile development prior to setting up Aerocar Inc in Longview.
1000aircraftphotos.com /PRPhotos/Aerocar.htm   (169 words)

  
 Moulton Taylor's Aerocar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Taylor had them match the yellow and green colors of Nutra - Bio, the vitamin company that sponsored "The Bob Cummings Show." The Aerocar thereafter was a regular on that show in the early 1960s.
I have the car at Western Skyways in Montrose, CO where they are overhaulling the Lycoming O-360 engine and converting it from an off-set carburetor (as Molt built it) to a modern FADEC (Full Authority Digital Electronic Control) engine management system.
Our 1956 AEROCAR is one of five and the only one actively flying.
www.roadabletimes.com /roadables-modular_aerocar.html   (326 words)

  
 McLellan's Automobile Literature :: Cars & Trucks - Aerocar (Items with photos)
Front of sheet is green and white, with green lettering, and has three photographs showing Aerocar, Aerocar towing trailer with plane parts and Aerocar as a plane, with discussion and specifications.
Front of sheet is white, with green lettering, and has green-toned photograph showing side view of Aerocar Model III as a plane parked at private airport, with discussion.
Reverse side has four photographs showing exterior and interior of Aerocar as a car, Aerocar towing trailer with plane parts and Aerocar as a plane, with discussion and specifications.
www.mclellansautomotive.com /sales-lit/bymake/aerocar/index.shtml   (156 words)

  
 Auto Pilots
The time he drove the Aerocar onto the stage of "I've Got a Secret" and, with the help of an assistant and while answering the questions of the blindfolded panel, went about the car-to-plane conversion.
(The Aerocar II was a four-passenger flight-only fuselage.) The Model III had fully retractable wheels, which cut drag and boosted cruise speed 10 percent to nearly 120 mph.
Sweeney found it hard to hide his eagerness, especially after the Aerocar's logbook confirmed his suspicion: this was N102D, the one Bob Cummings had owned, and the same Aerocar he'd flown with Molt Taylor in 1959.
www.airspacemag.com /ASM/Mag/Index/1996/DJ/ccsf.html   (4062 words)

  
 Molt Taylor's Aerocar Flying Car Automobile
Molt Taylor's Aerocar still serves as an inspiration for the new generation of roadable designers and dreamers.
And, because the rear wheels were used for landing, the Aerocar employed what was then an automotive oddity: front wheel drive.The toughest engineering challenge proved to be dampening the power pulses, or torsional resonance, in the 10-foot-long drive shaft connecting the Aerocar's Lycoming engine to its pusher propeller.
(the Aerocar 11 was a four-passenger flight-only fuselage.) The Model III had fully retractable wheels, which cut drag and boosted cruise speed 10 percent to nearly 120 mph.
www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Aerocar/info/info.htm   (3338 words)

  
 Aerocar Model Page
The Taylor Aerocar was a roadable aircraft that first used 150-h.p.
The Aerocar towed it's wings and tail as a trailer while on the road.
The Aerocar is the Bees Knees of coolness from the world of wacky general aviation aircraft!
www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Aerocar/aerocar.php   (291 words)

  
 Aerocar Flies On... from Strange Birds What's Up!
The rare Taylor Aerocar flies like an airplane and drives like a car—once you land and separate the one- piece wing-and-tail combination.
Sweeney and the Aerocar would not be reunited until 1988, when he spotted an ad in Trade-A-Plane.
Unlike the original Aerocar, these wings are not designed to be towed behind the car on the road.
www.strangebirds.com /SB-WU-Aerocar.html   (798 words)

  
 Coachbult.com - Curtiss Aerocar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The makers were the Curtiss Aerocar Land Yacht company, certainly related in some way to the Curtiss aircraft manufacturers whose founder Glenn Curtiss was a rival of the Wright brothers in the early days of aviation.
In 1938, he had written, referring to his acquisition of Detroit Aerocar ten years earlier, "After studying it from all angles, I determined that there was a great future for trailer coaches and that a new industry was making its debut.
The luxurious and expensive Aerocar trailer was built by Curtiss of Coral Gables, Florida, a firm also known for motorcycles and pioneering aircraft.
www.coachbuilt.com /des/c/curtiss/curtiss.htm   (1914 words)

  
 The Aerocar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Aerocar, developed by aviation engineer Glenn Curtiss was the first aerodynamic trailer.
It "featured rounded edges and a goosenecked section fitting over the trunk of the towcar." By streamlining the Aerocar, Curtiss shifted his allegiance to the car, from conventional notions of camping (the tent, or the cart).
Such technophilia found its expression in Curtis' Aerocar, the Airstream Trailer and most recently the Caravan.
www.gsd.harvard.edu /studios/s97/burns/t_aero.html   (139 words)

  
 Unreal Aircraft - Roadable Aircraft - Wagner Aerocar
The 1960s saw a number of developments in the German rotorcraft industry, among them modern autogyro designs such as the VFW series.
Even less conventional was Wagner's Aerocar, a roadable helicopter based on the Sky-trac 3 but with an enclosed four-seat cabin.
The small road wheels were driven by a hydraulic linkage from the 260 hp Franklin engine.
www.unrealaircraft.com /roadable/wagner.php   (76 words)

  
 TV ACRES: Aircraft - Experimental & Fantasy Crafts - Aerocar (The New Bob Cummings Show)
TRIVIA NOTE: The Aerocar used on the TV series was designed by Molt Taylor,
the dean of "roadable" airplanes who has devoted most of his adult years to making the Aerocar a reality.
The Aerocar IV, is based on a Geo Metro.
www.tvacres.com /aircraft_experimental_aerocar.htm   (269 words)

  
 SF Citations for OED
He was now developing the film in his room at the Flash office, and the aerocar which had brought him was still outside the large bay window swinging gently to and fro at its moorings in the summer breeze.
Aerocars floated about in the air above the thoroughfares.
A pair of small helicopters, emergency orange, wait with blades drooping, and a pair of aerocars stand on their pads.
www.jessesword.com /sf/view/1569   (265 words)

  
 Art Cars in Cyberspace - The AeroCar 600
The AeroCar 600 is a 1959 BMW 600 turned airplane!
The Aerocar 600 also appears in many art car parades around the country.
The Aerocar 600 was created by Dave Major.
www.artcars.com /aerocar   (199 words)

  
 EAA - Oshkosh, Aerocar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Developed by Moulton Taylor, the Aerocar never really took off.
No more that an handful were ever produced.
There was no market for hybrid cars, so the Aerocar went the way of the amphibian cars, into an interesting sideline of history.
home.att.net /~david.pride/Aviation/Osh_14.htm   (50 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In the 1950s, while Americans were beginning to report unidentified flying objects shaped like discs, the Army and Air Force explored designs for an aircraft shaped like a pie plate.
Avro Canada of Malton, Ontario, submitted to the Army its suggestion for what became the VZ-9 Aerocar.
According to Stephen Harding, author of “U.S. Army Aircraft,” the letters “VZ” were part of the Army designation system used between 1956 and 1962, and signified a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
www.armytimes.com /print.php?f=1-292308-1022707.php   (462 words)

  
 Ries & Ries Consulting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Three years later, Moulton Taylor introduced the Aerocar, a sporty runabout with detachable wings and tail.
The Aerocar received a tremendous amount of publicity at the time.
But the Aerocar met with the same predictable fate as the Flying Car.
www.ries.com /Books/index.cfm?page=CS-Origin_Brands-7&Book=Origin_BrandsOrigin_BrandsOrigin_BrandsOrigin_BrandsOrigin_BrandsOrigin_BrandsOrigin_BrandsOrigin_Brands   (369 words)

  
 Lubricant and cleaner overview
The only 2 that I know of are Aerocar and Atlas, they come in a small bottle with a needle for precise application, Aerocar can supply larger quantities.
Aerocar's gear grease has a good reputation, the stuff has a bluish, slightly transparant colour.
Aerocar offers lubricants, conducta lube and track cleaning fluid.
www.xs4all.nl /~raicho/model/maintain/lubeoverview.html   (1221 words)

  
 Aerocar by Fred C. Smale from The Abduction of Alexandra Seine at Technovelgy.com
Aerocar by Fred C. Smale from The Abduction of Alexandra Seine at Technovelgy.com
This is (as far as I know) the first use of the word "aerocar."
From The Abduction of Alexandra Seine, by Fred C. Smale.
www.technovelgy.com /ct/content.asp?Bnum=783   (236 words)

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