[lafroste]

Exactly. I first remember seeing the flying car stuff on the covers of Popular Mechanics, etc, when I was a kid in the 1950's.

My favorite was the "Thompson Flier" an aluminum disk about three feet in diameter with a lawn mower engine powering a propeller situated in the middle, and the prop underneath. You held the throttle in your hand and flew the thing by standing over the engine. The only picture of the thing actually flying was over water. I wonder why? Talk about a death wish.

[Slings and Arrows]

My favorite was the "Thompson Flier" an aluminum disk about three feet in diameter with a lawn mower engine powering a propeller situated in the middle, and the prop underneath.

Some people don't bother with the disk.