stackyFACTSBecause mastering terrestrial traffic jams wasn't enough; we needed fender benders in the stratosphere.
Because mastering terrestrial traffic jams wasn't enough; we needed fender benders in the stratosphere. Henry Ford developed the 'Ford Flivver,' a single-seat flying machine designed to be the Model T of the sky. The dream was that every average citizen would commute by personal airplane. Thankfully for our modern skylines, a fatal crash during a prototype test flight convinced Ford that the general public should probably remain firmly grounded.
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