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To: mairdie

Did it fly?


2 posted on 02/21/2025 7:14:15 PM PST by Fungi
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To: Fungi

Since they use the phrase “hoped for” and since he died soon after starting the company, probably it didn’t fly.

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https://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/glenn-curtiss-aviation-entrepreneur-video/journey-through-finger-lakes/

Glenn Curtiss: Aviation Entrepreneur | Journeys Through the Finger Lakes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Curtiss

Glenn Curtiss

1926 Developed Opa-locka, Florida and airport facility

1928 Created the Curtiss Aerocar Company in Opa-locka, Florida.

1928 Curtiss towed an Aerocar from Miami to New York City in 39 hours

His frequent hunting trips into the Florida Everglades led to a final invention, the Adams Motor “Bungalo”, a forerunner of the modern recreational vehicle trailer (named after his business partner and half-brother, G. Carl Adams). Curtiss later developed this into a larger, more elaborate fifth-wheel vehicle, which he manufactured and sold under the name Aerocar. Shortly before his death, he designed a tailless aircraft with a V-shaped wing and tricycle landing gear that he hoped could be sold in the price range of a family car


5 posted on 02/21/2025 7:23:26 PM PST by mairdie
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To: Fungi

Looks like a large drone poorly disguised as a car.

Reminds me of a funny video some time ago. Guy built a radio control airplane that looked like a John Deere lawnmower.


11 posted on 02/21/2025 7:32:48 PM PST by sjmjax
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To: Fungi
>>Did it fly?

Yes, no, sorta, maybe.

It is a hovercraft. From the wide dispersal of dirt & rocks, it will be loud.

12 posted on 02/21/2025 7:35:40 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Fungi

More importantly, DID IT LAND !

This will not end well. Aviation is rough enough without a bunch of 1/1045045045 trained pilots !


14 posted on 02/21/2025 7:39:19 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad
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To: Fungi

yes


20 posted on 02/21/2025 7:49:58 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: Fungi
Yes. Briefly.


30 posted on 02/21/2025 8:23:17 PM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too. 😁 " - Robert Conquest )
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