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Flying Cars Were Around Nearly 100 Years Ago

As you probably notice each day in rush-hour traffic, most cars still travel on the ground. Despite innovations in both the automotive and aviation industries, the concept of a flying car remains a ... read more

Vigilante injustice killed 3 in Duluth nearly 100 years ago

Despite Osborne's pleas, men lowered a noose around his neck ... Fewer than four years after the lynchings, Hammerberg hopped a freight train heading from Duluth to Minneapolis. He wound up trapped in ... read more

Derek Coleman: Thank Brown and Alcock on your next overseas flight

Not so very long ago that was the only way I could have crossed the ocean, of course, but that all changed 100 years ago this month thanks ... Here he was lucky enough to work for two men who were ... read more

Why our national carrier must keep on flying

A few years ago, I was flying on ... Atlanta gets 100 million and is the busiest airport in the world. Last year Dubai had 27 million tourists. Every year this keeps increasing consistently. Think ... read more

Driving on Air: Where the Hell Are the Flying Cars We Were Promised?

Today, there are more than 100 projects. Numerous trials are running in cities all around the world ... “Why would you want a flying car in the first place?” He argues we already have them. Ten years ... read more

A week of tragedies tested Fairchild Air Force Base and Spokane 25 years ago

Joneil reached into the car, grabbed his niece in the carrier, and ran for the hospital annex, the building Mellberg had just left. People all around him were running ... and experienced that June ... read more

Why Electric Cars Ruled The Roads 100 Years Ago

If there ever was a perfect application for the phase “ahead of its time,” the idea of an electric car is probably it. That’s not to say the cars weren’t popular 100 years ago—in fact ... electric ... read more

Nearly Fifty Years Ago, GM Built Its 100 Millionth Car

On this week in 1967, GM's 100 millionth car rolled off the line. If you strung 100 million cars together, it would be a lot of cars. If they were all parked in a row ... 100 million cars could ring ... read more

No jetpacks. Zero flying cars. Where is the future we were promised?

Jetpacks and flying cars might seem more at home parked in the pages of sci-fi novels (and, uh, some magazines) than in your garage. In 1924, PopSci ­predicted that airborne autos were just 20 ... ... read more

Celina man killed by flying car, at least 8 tornadoes hit Ohio

"He lost his wife five years ago, and ever ... Joey Braun knew there were tornado warnings for Celina, but they have no basement in which to escape. A colleague alerted Mr. Braun, a math teacher at ... read more

The future starts in Oregon: Flying cars are nearly here

Sam Bousfield thought up the idea for a flying car 9 years ago. Now it's nearly ready. (KOIN ... The car can fly up to 200 mph and exceed more than 100 mph on the ground. "If you're flying just even a ... read more

Flying Cars Are Closer to Reality Than You Think

The future — our present — is not what we were promised. Man has not been to Mars ... After waiting for more than 100 years for flying cars, “we’re not trying to rush anything.” ... read more