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Pharaoh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 08:27 PM
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Paul Moller: Take a ride in the Skycar
 
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Paul Moller talks about the future of personal air travel -- the marriage of autos and flight that will give us true freedom to travel off-road. He shows two things he's working on: the Moller Skycar (a jet + car) and a passenger-friendly hovering disc.
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 08:31 PM
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1. I remember seeing ads for the Moller skycar in the back of Omni magazine, circa 1982.
I'll believe it when the FAA approves them and you can actually buy one.

BTW, in the 80's their ads made the skycar out to look more like a spinner from Blade Runner. Who knew?

PB
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Phred42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 08:53 PM
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2. He's still selling this thing with talk and geewhiz promises.
I have (right in front of me as we speak) a pamphlet on the Merlin 200 Aerobot. I has sent $10 or something for the packet. Late 70's early-mid 80's I forget exactly. At the time you could buy a production slot for your Merlin 200 for $100,000. He was using Wankle rotary engines at the time. This brochure shows photos of that same experimental disc. - doesn't seem to have gotten very far in 25+ years.

I like the idea of it though
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