A Brief History of Flying Cars

The history of 'flying cars' dates back about 100 years, highlighting diverse flying contraptions created by inventors like Wanda La Siava and Waldo Waterman. These early attempts explored the intersection of aviation and automotive technology in the nascent phases of flight and automobile development. There were inventive experiments such as the auto gyro and aeromobile, blurring the lines between traditional planes and cars. Despite the vision of flying cars in the 1950s as symbols of future transportation, the distinction between personal aircraft and flying cars became apparent through the need for point-to-point aerial transportation rather than conventional runway-dependent planes.