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Flying Cars!
by: Mykalanne Gutierrez
No they don’t just come out in movies, they’re actually real things that can get you from Point A to Point B. The technical term is “Roadable Aircraft” and can obviously travel on both the ground and in the air.
So remember the Wright Brothers? Okay, well the guy who invented the actual flying car was named Glen Curtiss, and they were literally like rivals. The truth is, the flying car didn’t necessarily “fly”, it just hopped (how disappointing). The person to actually develop the flying car was named Waldo Waterman. He met Curtiss while Curtiss was pioneering somewhere on the North Island of the San Diego Bay around 1910 or so. On March 21, 1937, that was when Waterman’s Roadable Aircraft flew into the air. Its wingspan was 38 feet and was about 20 feet long! It had something called a Studebaker engine that powered it when it was in the air and on the road. Its maximum speed was 112 mph in the air and 56 mph on the road.
Of course after W.W.II everything seemed like it was attainable, which led to the people thinking that they were going to invent the “Flying Car” pretty soon. There have been many attempts when it comes to making this dream a reality, but no one has really succeeded so far.
-Integrated: All of the pieces included can be carried in the vehicle.
-Modular: The pieces that are used for flying are either left at the airport or somewhere else while you’re driving.
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