Rabu, 14 Maret 2018

The Roadable Airplane

The Gwinn Aircar came tantalizingly close to fulfilling the dream of a roadable airplane. A safe airplane as easy to operate and as cheap to buy as the average automobile. This was the American dream in the air-minded 1930s. I lived through that period and well recall one of the most successful attempts to fulfill …

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