Car that can be flown in much the same way as a car may be driven
For other uses, see Flying car (disambiguation).
Convair Model 118, a prototype flying car from 1947, in flightThe Waterman Arrowbile at the SmithsonianJess Dixon's flying automobile c. 1940Fulton Airphibian FA-3-101Moulton Taylor's Aerocar IIIThe Mizar by Advanced Vehicle Engineers, August 1973
A flying car or roadable aircraft is a type of vehicle which can function both as a road vehicle and as an aircraft. As used here, this includes vehicles which drive as motorcycles when on the road. The term "flying car" is also sometimes used to include hovercars and/or VTOL personal air vehicles. Many prototypes have been built since the early 20th century, using a variety of flight technologies. Most have been designed to take off and land conventionally using a runway. Although VTOL projects are increasing, none has yet been built in more than a handful of numbers.
Their appearance is often predicted by futurologists, and many concept designs have been promoted. Their failure to become a practical reality has led to the catchphrase "Where's my flying car?", as a paradigm for the failure of predicted technologies to appear. Flying cars are also a popular theme in fantasy and science fiction stories.
A flyingcar or roadable aircraft is a type of vehicle which can function both as a road vehicle and as an aircraft. As used here, this includes vehicles...
featuring flyingcars (cars capable of flying as well as driving on the road). Cawley, Conor (2017-08-30). "14 Sci-Fi Movies That Made Us Want FlyingCars, Smart...
United States. Since 2015, it has been developing and promoting a proposed flyingcar intended to take off vertically and tilt sideways to fly like a biplane...
The Klein Vision AirCar is a two-seat flyingcar designed by Štefan Klein and made in Slovakia. It was type certified as an aircraft in January 2022. Slovak...
Safety Board Garrison, Peter (August 1993). "Can We Ever Make A Car Airworthy?". Flying. Retrieved 2012-11-20. A Pinto for Icarus Photos of the flight...
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have...
The FlyingCars was an attraction at Riverview Park in Chicago, Illinois, that was introduced in 1954. The attraction consisted of a barrel with a track...
The Convair Model 118 ConvAirCar (also known as the Hall Flying Automobile) was a prototype flyingcar of which two were built. Intended for mainstream...
large-scale production. It is considered one of the first practical flyingcars. Taylor began designing a roadable aircraft in 1946. During a trip to...
"Google co-founder's flyingcar startup is winding down". CNBC. Fiegerman, Seth (24 April 2017). "Google cofounder's 'flyingcar' makes its debut". CNN...
renamed from SkyDrive in February 2014 SkyDrive (company), a Japanese flyingcar company This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
to: Compressed-air carFlyingcar Klein Vision AirCar, a flyingcar designed by Štefan Klein Curtiss-Wright Model 2500 Aircar AirCars, a 1997 video game...
goal of "making everyone a pilot". In 2018 Patan designed a personal flyingcar. The design was improved upon and in 2021 Patan invented a new model called...
include constructing "freedom cities" on empty federal land, investing in flyingcar manufacturing, introducing baby bonuses to encourage a baby boom, implementing...
Kei car is the smallest category of Japanese, expressway-legal motor vehicles. 'Kei' is diminutive for kei-jidōsha, (kanji: 軽自動車), "light automobile"...
A family car is a car classification used in Europe to describe normally-sized cars. The name comes from the marketed use of these cars to carry a whole...
Inception (2023) In the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049, the main character's flyingcar (known in-universe as a "Spinner") was branded as a Peugeot as part of...
have developed car classification schemes that are used for various purposes including regulation, description, and categorization of cars. The International...
States that is developing a roadable aircraft called the Transition and a flyingcar called the TF-X. The Transition and TF-X are designed to be able to fold...
Touring car and tourer are both terms for open cars (i.e. cars without a fixed roof). "Touring car" is a style of open car built in the United States which...
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