Curtis is a hero of mine. The Wright Brothers, not understanding how patents work or what they're for, basically wouldn't let anyone else aviate. Curtis, at first wanting to collaborate with the Wrights, was snubbed. So he got a good look at the Wright patent and found that the wing warping for roll control was a central idea of the patent. And so to circumvent the patent and commercialize his own flying machines, he invented the aileron.
@mino73T11
5 жыл бұрын
You'd have the unique opportunity to flash the headlights and make the indicator blink to overtake an aircraft with this one.
@larrylentini5688
5 жыл бұрын
Not that you'd be overtaking very many of them at that speed ;)
@andredeketeleastutecomplex
4 жыл бұрын
Probably none, except maybe a ULM.
@hardlinefoil7532
3 жыл бұрын
@Troy Gordon oh god. You guys are fucking everywhere. Probably robots. It's a scam people
@howdareyou41
3 жыл бұрын
you aren't overtaking anyone in this thing
@emitindustries8304
3 жыл бұрын
You could honk at some flying geese. They'd honk back, annoyed.
@arijit276
5 жыл бұрын
Imagine police stopping you. Police: Hello! you have paperwork to drive this? Owner: How much time have you got?
@georgecampbellvideos3517
5 жыл бұрын
They're at home. I'll fly back and get them
@fisherking7798
4 жыл бұрын
Most likely the police don't even know about half the paperwork you'd need
@timorouw5555
4 жыл бұрын
What are the police doing in the air?
@liamweaver2944
3 жыл бұрын
@@timorouw5555 Police Helicopters: Are we a joke to you?
@mattsnyder4754
6 жыл бұрын
To be fair. Calling the Aerocar a “car that flies” is probably a reach. It’s a light aircraft that comes apart to vaguely resemble a road car.
@killjoycola
5 жыл бұрын
i almost wanna bet this is Clarkson's fake account
@Jeremy-fy1sz
5 жыл бұрын
It actually solves the problem of needing a car at your destination quite well as it is quite hard to fit even a motorbike in a small aircraft.
@y0uthinasia
5 жыл бұрын
Nobody asked for your opinion.
@TonboIV
5 жыл бұрын
"Roadable airplane" is a good description. It's fundamentally an airplane that can more less function on roads. If you consider it from the perspective of going cross country in a normal plane, and then renting a car when you land, a "roadable airplane" starts to make some sense.
@RingoYote
5 жыл бұрын
you actually do not need a license to fly an ultralight aircraft, as long as you only fly during the day and only under VFR rules, meaning your craft cannot fly via instrumental means, everything is visual..
@froggyziffle
5 жыл бұрын
I saw the same Molt Taylor Aerocar at my local airport (KSSI) years ago. I asked the owner how it flies. He wryly replied, "Like a car."
@rhodesianwojak2095
4 жыл бұрын
lmao
@ethan60645
4 жыл бұрын
it flies like a car and drives like a plane
@ripvanwinkle2002
Жыл бұрын
James May. Thank you for living out so many of my childhood dreams for me. this being one as well.. Cheers!
@DestroyerWill
5 жыл бұрын
I remember when Richard Hammond flew a Rimac... didn’t end so well
@fisherking7798
4 жыл бұрын
The "car" with the jet engine didn't really go very well either
@jackmachaiek2586
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@kavinkumarl6425
2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@TheKooster31
6 жыл бұрын
James May as Scaramanga :D "as you see now Mr. Bond, I'm completely unarmed. cigarette?" ..... and then he proceeds explaining in detail every nook and cranny that his lighter is actually a functional gun, how to assemble it and then proceeds the clever engineering behind it
@thatnicklongo5939
4 жыл бұрын
1950: "In 2012 we will have flying cars!" James May:
@HonARGUru
4 жыл бұрын
I'm low-key kinda disappointed he didn't actually BUILD a flying car Top Gear challenge-style, but it was nice seeing him so giddy in the AeroCar...
@LordSandwichII
3 жыл бұрын
I don't think that would have ended well...
@owenstockwood5040
3 жыл бұрын
@@LordSandwichII Probably would have ended similarly to the Caravan Airship or Reliant Robin Shuttle.
@ovt8454
4 жыл бұрын
0:36 Aluminum 🤣. Only die-hard top gear fans will understand.
@bicyclist2
3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure James was really in his element with this one. Good to see him in something other than Grand Tour or Top Gear. Thanks.
@leoncelarouche1590
5 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing Molt Taylor driving His Aerocar going by my house many times either pulling the wings or just cruising to the neighbor hood store! the first on had just plain aluminum skin before He painted it! Molt Taylor gave me a model promo of His Aerocar, many years ago, the wings folded all in one as the full sized Car/Plane did! I still have it to this day mint in the box along with several others I have collected over many years, it was made by Gladden Toys. Ford Company wanted to build Areocar but the U.S. Government made it to hard to get through the permitting process, Molt Taylor told me personally before He passed away. I remember Bob Cummings bought one that was on His TV show around the early 60s, also a Portland Or. news station used one for traffic news! I often wonder with today's electronics and better air cooled engine choices, shepherd with Taylor's imagination and talent if we could of had one in our garage/hanger today? By the way I do think I remember the Aerocar Sweeny has was the traffic spotter for the news station! By the way the Areocar was designed and built here in Longview Washington!
@stitch2k1
4 жыл бұрын
Leonce LaRouche If you have any pictures of that could you share them with me? I’m trying to document history on this machine.
@DFSJR1203
4 жыл бұрын
I was "Promised" at the 1964-65 Worlds Fair in New York we would all have flying cars, jet packs, trips to Mars and beyond, underwater cities, and robot laborers. Nice things to promise a 5 year old kid. I am now 60 and I don't have any of these things. Can I file a law suit for them lying to me back then?
@TheCliffstudios
4 жыл бұрын
Missed opportunity for a "the idea never took off" pun at the start there.
@nerblebun
9 жыл бұрын
Saw one of these when I was a kid (early 60's). It took off from the small airport just outside Sactramento where my uncle kept his plane. 1.5 million? Wow, wonder what they cost new.
@citizen4410
7 жыл бұрын
Grandpa the Grey ii
@cap12206
6 жыл бұрын
$9500
@stitch2k1
5 жыл бұрын
It's a bit of a priceless thing though. Who the hell can maintain one?
@MrWolfSnack
4 жыл бұрын
$1.5 million is the insurance value because there's only 5 in existence. They cost just under $10,000 new which in that time period might as well been a million bucks.
@ethanbennell7171
4 жыл бұрын
Try about $80000...
@TheCerealHobbyist
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Kelso, Washington and met Molt Taylor once. My dad was a private pilot and was pretty good friends with him. We'd see him flying occasionally. I begged, but never got to go up in it.
@MaryjaneGinjar
Жыл бұрын
Very brave to get in the air in that death trap :D
@Quasihamster
5 жыл бұрын
Take a good look at the landing gear of this plane! It's almost the same arangement as on a B-52! Or a Mini Cooper!
@phillipzx3754
Жыл бұрын
I grew up a 15-minute bicycle ride from where the Aerocar was built. The old airport and building are gone. I met Molt when I was about ~10 years old. There are a few of his "Coot" amphibious airplanes still flying around the Portland area.
@tommallon4052
4 жыл бұрын
For $3.5Million, I think I'd settle for a P-40.
@gemizu4874
4 жыл бұрын
Just noticed how small the interior is, The pilot is leaning to sit infront of james haha not the most comfortable XD
@thegardenofeatin5965
4 жыл бұрын
That's every airplane ever built. They're all tiny on the inside.
@SiVlog1989
3 жыл бұрын
I think it's fair to say, the Aerocar makes more sense as a plane than a car
@generalv1761
4 жыл бұрын
He buttered that landing
@brianpaton
12 жыл бұрын
I was driving from Boca Raton to Melbourne a couple of weeks ago and I saw what was unmistakably the Aerocar flying overhead. I was jealous because there was a lot of traffic.
@lindaaneline3011
3 жыл бұрын
James = excellent in what he does.
@friendlypiranha774
5 жыл бұрын
James May, flying in the Aerocar, you have just one-upped Jeremy Clarkson by so much, that unless he drops his kids off at school in the space shuttle, he has no way of catching up to you👍
@stolaircraftsuyanto9728
Жыл бұрын
hello my friend, greetings from Indonesia. very entertaining video, thank you.. oh yes, am I allowed to re-upload this cool video? please reply, good luck always for you 😀🙏
@thomastsangthomas1616
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome aerocar!🛩️🚗
@joeoteah1072
3 жыл бұрын
Still one of the coolest inventions in history
@liamweaver2944
5 жыл бұрын
Soooo.....what kind of fuel does it take? Automotive fuel or AVGAS?
@fisherking7798
4 жыл бұрын
That's the first good question in these comments, there's a big price difference too
@andrewward7168
4 жыл бұрын
Aviation fuel is illegal to use on public roads in America at least
@fisherking7798
4 жыл бұрын
@@andrewward7168 why?
@andrewward7168
4 жыл бұрын
@@fisherking7798 not sure. Seen a couple of videos of people testing aviation fuel in road cars, both warned not to do it on public roads because it is illegal for road use
@tjoeker680
4 жыл бұрын
@@fisherking7798 I don't exactly know, but it's something along the lines of this: There are 2 exactly the same fuel types. One for cars and one for something else. The one for cars, they just give a red color. If law enforcements suspect something and give you a test, and your fuel doesn't come out red, you're in trouble. I'm not sure why, presumably because there are different taxes on car fuel?
@PrairieDogPoo
11 жыл бұрын
and it even held together. I'd be nervous flying in a 60 yo transformer.
@XxKINGatLIFExX
2 жыл бұрын
It's a miracle Mr May hasn't been knighted.
@ripvanwinkle2002
Жыл бұрын
he disapproves of the Monarchy
@memey5308
4 жыл бұрын
That P 51 at 3:02 XD
@johnbeauvais3159
4 жыл бұрын
That's Mad Max! I actually had the great fortune of getting to work on that plane
@erictaylor5462
5 жыл бұрын
"It might be a good idea to combine them." But once you start thinking about it, it's really not. First off, what you need for a car to be safe will make it too heavy to fly, and what you need for an airplane would make it unable to protect the people inside in a road accident. On top of that, a large percentage of people driving cars should not be trusted with something that goes on the ground, let alone something that can go high enough to to kill you if it falls.
@coryman125
4 жыл бұрын
Not to mention, anything big enough to fly probably won't fit on a road, and the hassle of having to deliver and attach all those extra parts makes it really less of a flying car and more of a car that can be upgraded to a plane
@tommallon4052
4 жыл бұрын
@@coryman125 And the cost of insurance would be breath taking.
@friendlypiranha774
2 жыл бұрын
James May has just done the coolest thing ever. I'm nice and jealous.
@garyelkhorn2116
2 жыл бұрын
I saw one back in 1968 when I was in Springfield, Il at a drive through restaurant on rt 66. We were behind it in line and I saw a hole through the rear engine cover with dirty grease around it, it was red. I had previously seen a model of one about 1963.
@henryfranken2589
4 жыл бұрын
I was at a private collection of airplanes in Minnesota, and the collection had one of these
@gradycampbell9933
2 жыл бұрын
I did not expect him to say Glenn Curtis. I live just 25 minutes from the Curtis museum in New York state. I don't remember seeing any pictures or models of this though.
@friendlypiranha774
2 жыл бұрын
Molt Taylor appeared on the TV program I've Got A Secret on 28 October 1959 with his Aerocar.
@earth-kun8872
4 жыл бұрын
that p51 tho passing by lmao
@liamweaver2944
4 жыл бұрын
@alan wilson We love you Brits too! Spitfires and Hurricanes ftw!
@theedrstrangelove
2 жыл бұрын
This was shot at Fantasy of Flight between Orlando and Lakeland. Awesome museum!
@mh53j
5 жыл бұрын
Just watching this scared me. I'd have to be heavily sedated before I'd go up it that.
@isahmaleeksdreamlinerdl7969
Жыл бұрын
Does watching this 2023july is awesome
@NickWilmans
5 жыл бұрын
As a car, it,s terrible. As a plane it's perfect.
@andgate2000
5 жыл бұрын
Nick Wilmans as a plane it’s terrible too.
@RubyRed64
6 жыл бұрын
This is the coolest car ever.
@cobalt2683
3 жыл бұрын
Should said that it never “took off”
@gunner678
2 жыл бұрын
The clip on engine and wings from James Bond was good. You have the nicest hair out of those other passengers James lol.
@friendlypiranha774
2 жыл бұрын
This Aerocar was sold by Barrett-Jackson on 18 January 2020 for $250 000. Brand new it cost $9 500.
@mavoc3094
4 жыл бұрын
Seems May's fear of heights is selective.
@servicarrider
5 жыл бұрын
I am absolutely dumbfounded that you were permitted to do this.
@rattmichards2908
2 жыл бұрын
James May you lucky bastard…
@ryan2798
11 жыл бұрын
ive been talking bout this thing since it appeared on beyond 2000 back in 1990 you need 8 licences to own it....but it is my dream to own one....but not that one a remodeled version it could be built lighter and better 1950's cmon 60 years and we still cant build anything better...the powers that be..keep us trapped in 1980
@P44man
5 жыл бұрын
There are modern alternatives. www.pal-v.com/en/explore-pal-v They still dont make much sense. You can buy a (MUCH) better car and a better plane for less money than those flying contraptions, and you can even use them both simultaneously. Its like a washing machine that can make toast, but is worse and more expensive for both functions than normal devices. Its pointless.
@michaelgill5186
4 жыл бұрын
JAMES WTF !!! YOU ARE WAY TOO PRECIOUS AND VALUABLE TO US MERE HUMANS TO BE RISKING LIFE AND LIMB IN SUCH BIZZARE CONTRAPTIONS , I HOPE YOU HAD A PARACHUTE
@stitch2k1
4 жыл бұрын
If it’s so dangerous how do you think it got so old?
@JonatasAdoM
5 жыл бұрын
Why old stuff always seemed more advanced? It doesn't even need a computer!
@kidd_harry4207
4 жыл бұрын
It’s a funky looking car but a gorgeous airplane
@stevericard1546
4 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this vehicle on the Robert (Bob) Cummings TV show in the early 1960's
@doncampbell7200
Жыл бұрын
You are right, he owned and flew this exact Aerocar, and it appeared on the beginning of his television show. This Aerocar was in the hanger of my flight school in Auburn, California for quite some time. It flew on many occasions and always drew a number of people to check it out. It was owned by a man from Colorado, his son was a mechanic in our flight school hanger.
@emmapaignton4765
4 жыл бұрын
However if they caught on how many tests would you like me to pass
@marcosluciosilva2433
7 жыл бұрын
brilhant
@patrickmoody9367
4 жыл бұрын
Where is the propeller/jet, how is it powered
@lamportnholt9509
5 жыл бұрын
Hughie Green (Opportunity Knocks) had one...."I wanna tell ya' friends"
@panda4247
4 жыл бұрын
5:13 there is one for sale on the internet... from previous sentence, it seems lije he is talking about the girl
@mcb1711
4 жыл бұрын
0:50 missed a trick not saying "never took off"
@lmac9364
3 жыл бұрын
Hi James - you should get over to Slovakia (once they allow travel outside the UK) and see if the folks at Klein-Vision will allow you to fly their AirCar - check it out I believe you are going to love is and I suspect you’ll probably want to buy one...
@trommo
7 жыл бұрын
Another flying car AeroMobil - kzitem.info/news/bejne/lZijnYprsqCQZI4 - see more details.
@gregoryp2859
2 жыл бұрын
I feel like I've cheated death just from watching the video.
@rolandhazuki8787
4 жыл бұрын
If this was Top Gear episode there will be Stig Powerboard Lap on test track on flying car 👍
@endacollins1
4 жыл бұрын
What happens if you pull the handbrake after take-off 😂
@chrisrichmond403
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder what is its fuel range when flying ??
@jay6817
4 жыл бұрын
This multi license issue will be the same for the modern air cars.
@highrevs6110
5 жыл бұрын
Building a flying car is easy. Piloting a flying car in the air is beyond the ability of many many motorists and probably not possible in volume.
@LeprechaunJackson
4 жыл бұрын
can you still fly with pixie dust or have you evolved to a point where you don't need that anymore? lol
@WilliamTurk
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Most people are a menace in two dimensions.
@jameshendruck4178
5 жыл бұрын
Cool car plane i want one
@nazarderkach9320
8 жыл бұрын
Maybe,its an only aircraft to have a Y tail
@HSMiyamoto
4 жыл бұрын
I won't even get in a light aircraft.
@connorstratford9056
4 жыл бұрын
was he at oshkosh?
@mason3229
4 жыл бұрын
I would assume that if we really wanted to make this a thing, we could.
@gentlemenjohn7639
3 жыл бұрын
I came here after seeing scene of aerocar part of disney planes movie
@liam3229
7 жыл бұрын
This Is why we need floating cars.
@caitthenerd7470
6 жыл бұрын
You mean hovercraft? We already have those, but they are expensive and impractical.
@bullettube9863
4 жыл бұрын
That looks like Kissimmee airport where a lot of real old warplanes call home. A co-worker vacations there and has taken flights in a P-51 and a Texas trainer. The pilot ducks down out of sight and a camera mounted on the wing tip takes a photo of you piloting the aircraft! I doubt if we'll ever see flying cars, can you imagine the lousy drivers we have on the roads now flying over you?
@breadman3220
4 жыл бұрын
anyone see the p51 Mustang like holy crap
@andgate2000
5 жыл бұрын
Nooooo......one small dent on the road......and it’s death from above.
@trashman617
4 жыл бұрын
@ 3:03 there is a P 51 Mustang! Should have filmed with that a little
@thesturm8686
4 жыл бұрын
If this was top gear, the trio would be driving aerocars and the mustang will be chasing them, flown by the Stig pilot cousin off course!
@first-offfinally9941
4 жыл бұрын
Detachable stearing wheel, detachable gear shift
@ERROR_-_404
5 жыл бұрын
the logistics of transporting a plane from one airport to another are normaly quite high. but with this, just put the wings onto a trailer attach it to the plane/car/whatever you wanna call it and drive it to where ever its needed.
@friendlypiranha774
2 жыл бұрын
ERROR 404, you made an ERROR 404... trailer not found. The really neat thing about the Aerocar is that there is no trailer. The wings have little wheels and they become the trailer for the tail section. Super neat design.
@mrcookiemc2288
5 жыл бұрын
So basically a plane (planes have wheels, they shuttle to the runway, like a *car*)
@helifalic
4 жыл бұрын
I can fly too, if you put me inside an aeroplane. Probably faster than attaching the wings and tail to this monstrosity.
@Legman688
4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, it would be easier to buy a Piper Cub and land in your street.
@RastaSaiyaman
9 жыл бұрын
Von Fliegenhosen in the sky!
@alanfbrookes9771
4 жыл бұрын
Imagine millions of flying cars around. Now imagine a fender-bender a thousand feet up. Three-dimensional traffic would be much too dangerous, and also a hazard to real aircraft. Imagine a jumbo jet coming in to land with flying cars all around it.
@dockmasterted
4 жыл бұрын
Was that the same one that was owned by "Bob Cummings" ?
@Rhys_hughes
5 жыл бұрын
But does it have autopilot
@Rockercaruthonyoutube
Жыл бұрын
Love the shirt. Very colourfull.🙃
@Pwnzistor
4 жыл бұрын
"Presumably"
@zuestoots5176
5 жыл бұрын
I FUCKING WANT ONE!
@Jdudhhsuxbsksj
3 жыл бұрын
7:25
@captainnapalm8207
2 жыл бұрын
5:03 Wait, I could BUY a date?!? oh. you mean the car.
@RT-eb6vo
3 жыл бұрын
Would look very James Bond in white ...
@Jermster_91
4 жыл бұрын
Probably would never want the check engine light in the air.
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