Innovation17 Flying Cars: A Mostly Factual History of Airborne AutosFact or Fiction?We’ve fantasized about flying cars for most of a century. The Daily Beast rounds up 17 candidates that almost made it and some that still might.Matthew DeLucaUpdated May 08, 2019 3:21PM EDT / Published Apr. 08, 2012 4:45AM EDT The Curtiss Autoplane – 1917www.aerofiles.com The Dymaxion Car – 1933Bettmann / Corbis Airphibian – 1946 Convaircar – 1947Hulton Archive / Getty Images Taylor Aerocar – 1959Alden Jewell / Flickr <em>The Absent-Minded Professor</em> – 1961Everett Collection The Jetsons – 1962Hanna-Barbera / Courtesy Everett Collection <em>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang</em> – 1968Everett Collection AVE Mizar – 1971 <em>Grease</em> – 1978Paramount / Courtesy Everett Collection <em>Back to the Future</em> – 1989Everett Collection Aerocar 2000 Kevin Smith’s “The Flying Car” Moller Skycar M400 - 2003Newscom The X-Hawk – 2009UrbanAero Textron’s Flying Car - 2010Textron Systems Terrafugia Transition – 2012Andrew Burton / Getty Images Matthew DeLuca@DeLucaMattSGot a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.
The Curtiss Autoplane – 1917www.aerofiles.com The Dymaxion Car – 1933Bettmann / Corbis Airphibian – 1946 Convaircar – 1947Hulton Archive / Getty Images Taylor Aerocar – 1959Alden Jewell / Flickr <em>The Absent-Minded Professor</em> – 1961Everett Collection The Jetsons – 1962Hanna-Barbera / Courtesy Everett Collection <em>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang</em> – 1968Everett Collection AVE Mizar – 1971 <em>Grease</em> – 1978Paramount / Courtesy Everett Collection <em>Back to the Future</em> – 1989Everett Collection Aerocar 2000 Kevin Smith’s “The Flying Car” Moller Skycar M400 - 2003Newscom The X-Hawk – 2009UrbanAero Textron’s Flying Car - 2010Textron Systems Terrafugia Transition – 2012Andrew Burton / Getty Images