stackyFACTSBefore he was ruined by the Detroit auto cabal, Preston Tucker thought the logical next step for commuters was a daily helicopter commute.
Before he was ruined by the Detroit auto cabal, Preston Tucker thought the logical next step for commuters was a daily helicopter commute. Tucker didn't just want to build safe cars; he conceptualized futuristic 'Tucker Tigers,' effectively flying automobiles meant to solve traffic by taking to the skies. It was a beautiful, hyper-optimistic American fever dream that entirely ignored the sheer carnage of trusting average drivers with spinning decapitation blades.
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