TEST FLIGHT OF THE WATERMAN AEROBILE FLYING CAR 1930s NEWSREEL FILM XD13364b
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This brief, fragmentary film shows tests of the Waterman Aerobile aka Arrowplane. This flying car was recognized by the Bureau of Air Commerce in 1934 as one of the two award-winning designs for its flivver (i.e., light, easy-to-fly and affordable) aircraft competition. Waldo Waterman’s improved Arrowplane, the Aerobile #6, fulfilled his dream of designing a tailless roadable airplane. The Aerobile was a two-place, high-wing, cabin monoplane with a transmission drive system that operated the propeller in the air and the rear wheels on the ground. The one-piece wing was removed by moving a lever and pins. Painted in “Buick blue,“ it had many standard Studebaker, Ford, Austin, and Willys automobile parts to keep the price down and maintain the look of a car. It received FAA certification in the experimental category in 1957, but no market materialized. It’s now part of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
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