Trautman RoadAir

topic posted Sun, August 21, 2005 - 11:45 AM by  Curran
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I just discovered a roadable that I'd never seen before--the Trautman RoadAir.

Herb Trautman spent all of the 1950s designing and building his dream flying car, but--on it's first test flight--when it started feeling unstable at 3 feet off the road, he chickened out, drove it home and never used it again. A few years ago, Trautman donated it to Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of Flight Museum in Florida, where they've restored it and made it roadworthy--if not flightworthy--again.

The photos are a little difficult to read, since they're either old and grainy or new and with the RoadAir crowded into a hanger, but they're all pretty amazing. Check it out:

www.fantasyofflight.com/aircra...air.htm
www.roadabletimes.com/roadabl...man.html
www.lojo.net/gallery/FantasyOfFlightL3
posted by:
Curran
SF Bay Area
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