A true flying car would be one that could actually transform from an aeroplane to a car. The two can’t simply be combined merely to detach the part of the aeroplane when the car is used. Morton Taylor was the first person to decide to work on the design of Airphibian, and to make the wings of the Airphibian foldable.
So that when it has to be used as a car, the wings can be folded and stored behind the car. This came true in the year 1949. It was named Taylor’s Aerocar. They got the certification, the approval for mass production, but the problem was that they needed at least 500 advance orders before mass production could begin. But there weren’t enough people interested in it.
So they couldn’t get the orders. So the deal had to be cancelled. At one point, the company Ford was quite close to buying this Taylor Aerocar. But that deal couldn’t be finalised either. There was a scarcity of funds but perhaps a bigger problem was the lack of technological advancement. We didn’t have the technology to build a true flying car.
