Comments on: William B. Stout and his Wonderful “SKYCAR”

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:29:46 +0000

Wow, that is pretty cool.

By: SpaceMonkeyX

SpaceMonkeyX — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:25:53 +0000

The dream is still alive:
http://www.terrafugia.com/

I actually know one of the guys who is designing the new one shown above. He’s literally a rocket scientist from MIT. Kinda cool, huh?

By: Stannous

Stannous — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:39:47 +0000

articles abound about Bill Stout, designer of the Ford Tri-Motor (which was later redesigned in to the Bushmaster) but this is a nice start:
http://home.earthlink.net/~ral.....ostout.htm

His induction into the Automotive Hall of Fame:
http://www.automotivehalloffam.....=inductees

and the wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.....nell_Stout