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==List of flying cars and roadable aircraft== {{hatnote|This list may not be complete. Please add more entries as you find them in [[WP:RS|reliable sources]].}} {{avilisthead|role}} |- | [[Aerauto PL.5C]] | Italy | Folding wings | 1949 | Flown | 1 | |- | [[Aerocar]] | US | Detachable wings | 1946 | Flown | 5 | Also known as the "Taylor Aerocar". 4 Aerocars and one Aerocar III built (The Mk. II was not a flying car). |- | [[Aerocar 2000]] | US | Detachable wings | 2000 approx. | Flown | | |- | [[AeroMobil]] | Slovakia | Folding wings | 2013 | Flown | | v3.0 crashed. 4.0 under development |- | [[Alef Aeronautics|Alef]] Model A | US | Tilting biplane | 2023 | Unbuilt | 0 | Attracted significant investment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2022/10/19/alef-reveals-prototypes-for-a-flying-car-thats-really-a-flying-car|title=Alef Reveals Prototypes For A Flying Car That's Really A Flying Car|website=[[Forbes]] |date=19 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/flying-car-by-california-startup-alef-attracts-early-tesla-investor-2022-10-20/|title=Flying car by California startup Alef attracts early Tesla investor|website=[[Reuters]] |date=19 October 2022}}</ref> |- | [[Audi Pop.Up Next]] | Germany | Quadcopter | 2018 | Unbuilt | 1 | |- | [[Autogiro Company of America AC-35]] | US | Autogyro | 1935 | Flown | 1 | |- | [[AVE Mizar]] | US | Detachable wings | 1971 | Flown | 1 | |- | [[Norman Bel Geddes|Bel Geddes]]' "Motorcar No. 9." | US | Folding wings | 1945 | Unbuilt | | Concept {{citation needed|date=July 2021|reason=No mention in linked article}} |- | Bristol Siddeley flying car | UK | Ducted fan | 1960 | Unbuilt | | Concept <ref>{{cite web | url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/f9579ea7-10ac-41f1-b298-e2229f5d7cd7 | title=Project study: The Bristol Siddeley flying car }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://russellphillips.uk/project-prodigal-flying-cars/ | title=The British Army's Flying Cars | date=17 March 2020 }}</ref> |- | [[Bryan Autoplane]] | US | Folding wings | 1953 | Flown | 2 | Model II converted to Model III. |- | [[Butterfly Super Sky Cycle]] | US | Autogyro | 2009 | Flown | | Homebuilt autogyro. Registered motorcycle |- | [[Convair Model 116|Convair Model 116 ConVairCar]] | US | Detachable wings | 1946 | Flown | 1 | |- | [[Convair Model 118|Convair Model 118 ConVairCar]] | US | Detachable wings | 1947 | Flown | 2 | Second vehicle re-used the aircraft section from the first. |- | [[Curtiss Autoplane]] | US | Detachable wings | 1917 | Not flown | 1 | Achieved short hops |- | [[Dixon Flying Ginny]] | US | Helicopter | 1940 | Flown | 1 | Co-axial rotor.<ref>G. Sidney Waits; "[https://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2009/01/02/dixon-helicopter-photo-was-accurate/ Dixon helicopter photo was accurate]", ''The Andalusia Star-News'', 2 January 2009. (Retrieved 20 July 2021)</ref> |- | Ebner Air Car<ref>Aviation magazine 15-7-1985</ref> | US | Ducted Fan | 1985 | | 1 | Concept |- | [[Ford Volante]] | US | Ducted fan | 1958 | Unbuilt | | Concept.<ref name="yesterday">{{cite book |title=Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future|author=Joseph J. Cor|author2=Brian Horrigan|date=15 May 1996 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=978-0801853999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CsW34SciarAC|ref=yesterday}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |author=Lionel Salisbury |url=http://www.roadabletimes.com/roadables-vtol_volanteFord.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080714170926/http://www.roadabletimes.com/roadables-vtol_volanteFord.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2008 |title=Volante (Ford) VTOL |website=Roadable Times |access-date=19 October 2018 }}</ref> |- | [[Fulton Airphibian]] | US | Detachable wings | 1946 | Flown | 4 | |- | [[Hafner Rotabuggy]] | UK | Detachable rotor | 1942 | Flown | | [[Willys MB]] jeep, air-towed as a [[rotor kite]]. |- | Handley Page HP.120<ref>Aeroplane Monthly 1977-10</ref><ref>https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/LargePrintGuides/Height.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref> | UK | Lift fan | 1961 | Unflown | | 2-man VTOL convertible "Jumping Jeep" project |- | [[I-TEC Maverick]] | US | Parafoil | 2008 | Flown | | |- | [[Klein Vision AirCar]] | Slovakia | Folding wings | 2021 | Flown | 1 | Production model in development. |- | [[Lebouder Autoplane]] | France | Detachable wings | 1973 | Flown | 1 | Won prizes.{{clarify|date=July 2021|reason=What prizes?}} |- | [[Moller M400 Skycar]] | US | Vectored fan | 1960s | Not flown | | Unsuccessful as of 2019 |- | ''[[Monster Garage]]'' "Red Baron" | US | Detachable wings | 2005 | Flown | 1 | Based on a [[Panoz Esperante]] sports car, with detachable airframe.<ref>"Mike Allen; [https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/how-to/a294/1751557/ Jesse James Builds A Flying Car On 'Monster Garage']", ''Popular Mechanics'', 29 July 2005. (retrieved 11 July 2021)</ref> |- | [[PAL-V Liberty]] | Netherlands | Autogyro | 2012 | Flown | | Production model under development. |- | [[Parajet Skycar]] | UK | Parafoil | 2008 | Flown | 1 | |- | [[Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep]] | US | Ducted rotor | 1959 | Flown | | VTOL "flying jeep". |- | [[Plane Driven PD-1]] | US | Folding wings | 2010 | Flown | 2 | Modified [[Glasair Sportsman 2+2]] aircraft. The second prototype is designated the PD-2. |- | [[Samson Switchblade]] | US | Folding wings | 2023 | Flown | 1 |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-15 |title=First flight: Switchblade flying car β General Aviation News |url=https://generalaviationnews.com/2023/11/15/first-flight-switchblade-flying-car/ |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=generalaviationnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | [[Scaled Composites Model 367 BiPod]] | US | Detachable wings | 2011 | Not flown | 1 | Twin-fuselage technology development vehicle. Not flown. |- | [[Skroback Roadable Airplane]] | US | Multiplane | 1925 | Not flown | 1 | |- | [[SkyRider X2R]] | US | | | Unbuilt | |- | [[Terrafugia Transition]] | US | Folding wings | 2009 | Flown | | |- | [[Terrafugia TF-X]] | US | Hybrid | | Unbuilt | | VTOL [[convertiplane]] with folding wings and rotors. |- | [[Urban Aeronautics X-Hawk]] | Israel | | | Unbuilt | | VTOL. Under development.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.urbanaero.com/category/x-hawk |title=Urban Aeronautics |website=Urbanaero.com |access-date=7 November 2012 |archive-date=6 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006013840/https://www.urbanaero.com/category/x-hawk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | Vlachos Triphibian | US | | 1936 | | | {{citation needed|date=November 2022|reason=no liked article}} |- | [[Wagner Aerocar]] | Germany | Helicopter | 1965 | Flown | | |- | [[Waterman Arrowbile]] | US | Folding wings | 1935 | Flown | 1 | |- | [[Whitehead No. 21]] {{Dubious|Whitehead|date=August 2024}} | US | Folding wings | 1901 | Not flown | 1 | |}
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