Flying Cars, Amphibious Vehicles and Other Dual Mode Transports

An Illustrated Worldwide History

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Ships & Shipbuilding, Aviation, Automotive
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Author: George W. Green ISBN: 9781476602561
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: George W. Green
ISBN: 9781476602561
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English

It wasn’t very long after the first commercially viable automobiles came on the scene that ambitious engineers began to dream of vehicles that could travel not only on land but also in the air, or by water. For a century, talented designers have created unique dual purpose vehicles for land, water and air (in various pairings) for both civil and military applications. Sometimes converted from standard vehicles, sometimes beginning as clean-sheet designs, these machines have met the engineering and economic challenges of dual-mode travel with varying degrees of success. This book describes a fascinating array of these vehicles from the United States and abroad, including flying automobiles, roadable aircraft, amphibious vehicles, hovercraft, road-rail trains, and triphibious inventions.

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It wasn’t very long after the first commercially viable automobiles came on the scene that ambitious engineers began to dream of vehicles that could travel not only on land but also in the air, or by water. For a century, talented designers have created unique dual purpose vehicles for land, water and air (in various pairings) for both civil and military applications. Sometimes converted from standard vehicles, sometimes beginning as clean-sheet designs, these machines have met the engineering and economic challenges of dual-mode travel with varying degrees of success. This book describes a fascinating array of these vehicles from the United States and abroad, including flying automobiles, roadable aircraft, amphibious vehicles, hovercraft, road-rail trains, and triphibious inventions.

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