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Flying automobiles

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Non-preferred terms: Airplanes, Roadable; Automobiles, Flying; Automobiles, Winged; Autoplanes; Ground-air vehicles; Roadable airplanes; Winged automobiles http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006335

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Bernard Bourrand Sketchbook

 Collection — Box One
Identifier: 2022-10-06
Content Description The Bernard Bourrand Sketchbook is a single-item collection: a bound volume full of drawings and sketches by French artist Bernard Bourrand, dating to 1947-1951. The illustrations depict aircraft, automobiles and other forms of transportation, the majority of which are experimental models. Also among the illustrations are other "Atomic Age" futuristic designs. The volume is a record book with paginated ruled pages. Each page has multiple drawings by Bourrand primarily in...
Dates: 1947-1951

Roy A. Parsons Aerocar Film

 Collection — Box Film Box 5, Reel: 1
Identifier: 1992-01-11
Contents of the Collection The Roy A. Parsons Aerocar Film is a small collection consisting of one privately shot 8mm film from 1968 of the Aerocar with inventor Molt Taylor demonstrating features of the aircraft. The footage, which was shot in Washington State, begins with the Aerocar III (N100D) in its car configuration, towing its folded wing attachment. Taylor and an unidentified man then convert the Aerocar to its plane configuration and take off from an unidentified airfield. The Aerocar is shown in...
Dates: circa 1968

Jake Schultz Aerocar Film Collection

 Collection — Box Film Box 5, Reel: 1
Identifier: 2006-10-12
Contents of the Collection The Jake Schultz Aerocar Film Collection is a small collection consisting of one film related to Molt Taylor and the Aerocar III (N100D), circa 1968. The footage includes multiple segments. The first segment depicts Taylor and others on a rocky shoreline at Cape Disappointment, Washington; the Cape Disappointment lighthouse is visible in some shots. The footage then transitions to an unidentified airfield, where Taylor is shown with the Aerocar III. Scenes include the Aerocar...
Dates: 1968

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