Moulton Taylor’s Aerocar

submitted by Sang on 01.30.2007 in Videos/Non-funny, Videos/TV/Movie Clips

Aerocar International’s Aerocar (often called the Taylor Aerocar) was an American 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. On the road, the wings and tail unit were designed to be towed behind the vehicle. Aerocars can drive up to 60 miles per hour and have a top airspeed of 110 miles per hour. 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. When he was able to only find half that number of buyers, plans for production ended, and only six examples were built, with one still flying as of 2006 and another rebuilt by Taylor into the only Aerocar III.