Hemmings Find of the Day – 1954 Aerocar

1954 Aerocar for sale on Hemmings.com

While many a visionary attempted to invent and market a flying car, the most well known among them is Molt Taylor, who succeeded in building five operational Aerocars in the 1950s. Your best bet to see one nowadays is in a museum, but your best bet to fly one would be to purchase the 1954 Aerocar, N101D, an original and fully functional example for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description:

This amazing FAA licensed Flying Car is in flyaway, driveway condition. It is the one you read about as a kid in Popular Mechanics and have seen in hundreds of other magazines, books, TV shows and films ever since.

Taylor AEROCAR, License N-101D, was built in 1954. It is a testament to American ingenuity at a time and place when everything was possible – even flying cars.  Only five were produced, of which N-101D is an outstanding, airworthy and all-original example.

This historic flying car is Certificated in the FAA’s Standard Airworthiness Category. When used as an automobile, the AEROCAR’s wings fold back and can be towed behind the car. In about 10 minutes, the wings can be folded back into place and the car again becomes an airplane.

The AEROCAR features side-by-side seating for two. Advanced for its time, most of the fuselage skin is of composite material and the car is front-wheel drive. In flight, the wings are high and unobtrusive. Powered by a Lycoming O-320 Engine, the propeller is mounted at the end of a long tail cone, the latter angled up for propeller clearance. Cruise speed is about 100 MPH. Takeoff speed is 55 MPH, and the airplane is controlled by the same steering wheel as is used for driving.

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