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"George Vranek" wrote:

I (a retired aeronautical engineer and hobby flyer with 3000+ hours)
believe, that the time is ripe for a serious view of air cars. There are
hundreds of 2-seat cars with 400+ hp in serial production and thousands
being produced by tuning workshops. The only way for such cars, to avoid the
traffic jam on public roads, is to fly! Please have a look at
www.vranek.ch/aerocar.htm
and publish your comments in this NG.


It's already been tried -- disastrously! The website shows a Porsche
911 attached to a set of Cessna Mixmaster wings/tail booms, with a
symbolic engine driving it.

The original had a Ford Pinto and a turboprop engine. The car separated
from the wings about 200 feet in the air on the first flight -- happened
about 20-30 years ago.

The trouble with flying cars is that every attempt has resulted in a
poorly-performing airplane coupled with a lousy car.

To make both perform requires a lot of horsepower and subsequent high
operating costs.