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Corporate Name: Aerocar International
Headquarters: Longview, Washington, USA

A manufacturer of roadable aircraft founded by Moulton Taylor. Often referred to as the "Taylor Aerocar."

Vehicle names used by Aerocar International throughout its history include: Aerocar I, Aerocar II, and Aerocar III. The company also manufactured multiple models of small aircraft that were not capable of road driving.

Aerocar N-101D was on the cover of the book "A Drive In the Clouds" by Jake Schultz.

History

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Aerocar page on 1 January 2020, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Taylor's design of a roadable aircraft dates back to 1946. During a trip to Delaware, he met inventor Robert E. Fulton, Jr., who had designed an earlier roadable airplane, the Airphibian. Taylor recognized that the detachable wings of Fulton’s design would be better replaced by folding wings. His prototype Aerocar utilized folding wings that allowed the road vehicle to be converted into flight mode in five minutes by one person.[1] When the rear license plate was flipped up, the operator could connect the propeller shaft and attach a pusher propeller. The same engine drove the front wheels through a three-speed manual transmission. When operated as an aircraft, the road transmission was simply left in neutral (though backing up during taxiing was possible by the using the reverse gear.) On the road, the wings and tail unit were designed to be towed behind the vehicle. Taylor also put the propeller on the back of the car, so it would not have to be taken off when the Aerocar went on the road. Aerocars could drive up to 60 miles per hour and have a top airspeed of 110 miles per hour.

There are four Aerocar I(s), one Aerocar II, and one Aerocar I that was rebuilt as an Aerocar III.

Photographs

	Subject: 1954 Taylor Aerocar N-101D Article: Historic Flying Car Ready To Soar Above The Rest At Barrett-Jackson Auction View Full Size Image of 1954 Taylor Aerocar N-101D - 5.8MB
	Subject: 1954 Taylor Aerocar N-101D Article: Historic Flying Car Ready To Soar Above The Rest At Barrett-Jackson Auction View Full Size Image of 1954 Taylor Aerocar N-101D - 10.0MB
	Subject: 1954 Taylor Aerocar N-101D with John Mohr Article: Historic Flying Car Ready To Soar Above The Rest At Barrett-Jackson Auction View Full Size Image of 1954 Taylor Aerocar N-101D - 5.0MB

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
7 January 2020	Historic Flying Car Ready To Soar Above The Rest At Barrett-Jackson Auction	Fedoruk & Associates, Inc.