I've been waiting for my flying car since I watched the first episode of 'The Jetsons' as a kid in '62.
I was 10 and just discovering Popular Science, Popular Mechanics and Ham Radio magazines. These magazines threw gasoline on the embers of my imagination!
I can't prove it but I'll bet you a dollar to a donut that the Flying Car graced the covers of those rags more than anything else. At least that's the way I remember it.
My Dad ran Service Stations in the 50's, 60s and 70s. So I grew up tinkering with cars and trucks of all kinds, foreign and domestic. I even had a junk car that Dad parked in the second garage for parts. I spent one summer taking it apart, piece by piece. It's probably still scattered all over the garage floor 50 years later. Things don't move very fast in Levelland, Texas. Trust me.
So when I saw the Sunday Morning episode about flying cars I was a bit disappointed. The pictures above were very close to the Jetson model dream-ships I've been waiting for.
The flying car portrayed on TV was a bit more 'meh'.
It's basically an oversized drone that buzzes like a giant bee. Range is '20 minutes of flying time'.
Where is my four seater convertible with jet-engine driven ducted-fan impellers, computer stabilizer and GPA self-driving navigation?
Sigh.
Well I'll just have to wait patiently another 50 years.
Wait... I'm 69.
Hmmm.
Well, I hope YOU enjoy zipping around in the clouds, wind whipping through your hair.
More on flying cars later.
