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- Peter Watts
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| Aeroflyer | ||
| A flying car. |
| Ralph and Alice left early in the morning, winging their way in an aeroflyer toward northern New York, where there were numerous Accelerated Growing Farms. |
| From Ralph 124c 41 +,
by Hugo Gernsback. Published by Modern Electrics in 1911 Additional resources -
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Compare to the aircar from A Matter of Size (1934) by Harry Bates and the High Kavalaan aircar from Dying of the Light (1977) by George RR Martin and the flying car from Blade Runner.
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