Automobile USA – June 2019

(Kiana) #1

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Pioneers


and PAVs


Wright Brothers’
Flyer
Orville Wright (far left) with
a 1909 update of the Flyer
he and brother Wilbur made
famous in 1903.

Glenn Curtiss
Autoplane
Hyped as “the first roadable
aircraft,” the 1917 “aerial
limo” could only hop.

Moulton Taylor
Aerocar
The 1949 Aerocar could drive
and fly! Alas, not enough
buyers anted up.
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