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Fire up the flying car & go see this hovercraft exhibit

05/22/25
The promise of flying cars for everyone hasn’t quite materialized, but the Washington State History Museum‘s newest exhibition reminds us that a unique hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle (ACV) was invented by amateur engineer and Washington resident, Walter A. Crowley, in 1958. Back then, the AeroGo company’s futuristic vehicle was called the Terra Skipper. It had a →

Flying cars? Not so new

05/29/12
I’m working on a few articles about this weekend’s grand opening LeMay-America’s Car Museum, in Tacoma, Washington and running through the list of treasures in their collection: a 1916 Pierce-Arrow Brougham, a  1930 Dusenberg Model J, a 1942 Chevrolet Blackout, and a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray to name just a few. The list of →

Maggots and flying cars. Need we say more?

07/01/10
Besides the story about the Charlotte-bound US Airways plane that had to return to the gate in Atlanta because maggots started dropping from an overhead bin (watch video at your own risk…) …the best aviation-related story making the rounds today was about yet another FAA-approved flying car. The Christian Science Monitor’s story about the Terrafugia →