• Diagonal front view of red monoplane with yellow accent colors and one engine. Fixed landing gear is used to make the aircraft roadable.
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    In 1950, the Fulton Airphibian became the first roadable aircraft, an aircraft designed to be used as a car or an airplane to be certificated by the Civil Aviation Administration (CAA). Other roadable aircraft had already been built, for example Waldo Waterman's Arrow/Aerobile and William Stout's Skycar, both of which are in the NASM collection--as well as other designs, but none won certification.

  • Diagonal front view of red monoplane with yellow accent colors and one engine. Fixed landing gear is used to make the aircraft roadable.

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Dane Penland

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