ShabtaiBenOron OP t1_jb2qfha wrote on March 5, 2023 at 11:57 PM Reply to comment by DRScottt in TIL that the Convair Model 118, a tentative flying car from 1947, was shelved because its prototype crashed when a test pilot mixed up the flight engine's fuel gauge with the road engine's and didn't see the former run out. While he survived, this killed interest in the project. by ShabtaiBenOron I guess it was assumed that if a pilot could make such a trivial mistake, inexperienced drivers would definitely make it too. Permalink Parent 22
ShabtaiBenOron OP t1_jb2qfha wrote
Reply to comment by DRScottt in TIL that the Convair Model 118, a tentative flying car from 1947, was shelved because its prototype crashed when a test pilot mixed up the flight engine's fuel gauge with the road engine's and didn't see the former run out. While he survived, this killed interest in the project. by ShabtaiBenOron
I guess it was assumed that if a pilot could make such a trivial mistake, inexperienced drivers would definitely make it too.