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[–] BlancoCanyon [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I wouldn't call the Flivver an abomination.

https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/crash-doomed-henry-fords-flying-car-180968316/

As for the cause of the crash, some thought originally that the Flivver’s engine had cut out, but when they shipped the wreckage back to Detroit, the engineers found that the rudder wire had snapped, leaving Brooks with no directional control.

Henry Ford at first assured newspaper reporters that work on the Flivver would continue, and he kept his hand in aviation in the years that followed (the company built B-24s during World War II). But Ford never again made a serious push to build flying cars.

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[–] tanukihat 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I just think it looks dumb.

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[–] BlancoCanyon [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I'm not crazy about the name.