Jake Schultz is a Museum of Flight volunteer who contributes to public programs and other Museum events. He also serves on the Spaceflight Committee for the Board of Trustees. As a Boeing employee, he has worked as a technical analyst and as the company’s corporate historian. In 2006, he published the book A Drive in the Clouds: The Story of the Aerocar.

Moulton B. “Molt” Taylor was an inventor and aviation enthusiast best known for inventing the Aerocar, a widely publicized roadable aircraft. He was born in 1912 in Portland, Oregon. After graduating from the University of Washington, he joined the U.S. Navy in 1936, serving as a pilot during World War II. He was awarded the Legion of Merit medal for his work on the Navy’s Gorgon missile program.

Shortly after the war, Taylor designed the first prototype of the Aerocar. In 1949, he founded Aerocar International in Longview, Washington intending to design and manufacture Aerocars on a larger scale. Only six Aerocars were ever produced. Taylor died in 1995.

Sources:

• “Molt Taylor.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, June 2, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molt_Taylor.
• "Taylor, Moulton "Molt" (1912-1995)" by Rita Cipala, December 3, 2019. History Link. https://www.historylink.org/file/20929.

Aerocar International's Aerocar (often called the Taylor Aerocar) was an American roadable aircraft, designed and built by Moulton Taylor in Longview, Washington, in 1949. Although six examples were built, the Aerocar never entered production.