Fulton Airphibian

Fulton Airphibian

The Fulton FA-2 Airphibian was an American automobile-airplane manufactured in 1946.

Designed by Robert Edison Fulton, Jr., it was an aluminum-bodied car, built with independent suspension, aircraft-sized wheels, and a six-cylinder 165hp engine. The fabric wings were easily attached to the fuselage, converting the car into a plane. The car was equipped with a trailer to carry the wings and tail. Four prototypes were built and approved as Experimental by the FAA. The craft made it's debut in November of 1946 at Danbury, Connecticut, and they were built in Danbury by Fulton and Frazer Dougherty. [http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,777344,00.html "Fulton's Folly, New Version"] . - "TIME". - November 18, 1946. - Retrieved: 2008-06-15] Financial concerns forced Fulton to sell to a company who never developed it.Martin, Douglas. - New York/Region: [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/nyregion/11FULT.html?ei=5070&en=85157278fee14319&ex=1213675200&pagewanted=print&position= "Robert E. Fulton Jr., an Intrepid Inventor, Is Dead at 95"] . - "New York Times". - May 11, 2004. - Retrieved: 2008-06-15]

In the mid-1990s, one of the surviving Airphibians was restored by Fulton III, along with David Dumas and Deborah Hanson. It is currently located at the Canada Aviation Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in their main display hall.Fact|date=June 2008

ee also

* Aerocar
* Aerocar Aero-Plane
* Aerocar Coot

References

External links

* [http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/fulton.htm Fulton Airphibian]


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