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"To get anywhere, or even live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer."
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Aircycle  
  Motorcycle for the air with gravimetric coils instead of wheels.  


(Aircycle from 'Buck Rogers, 2430' by Nowlan and Calkin)


(Aircycle from 'Buck Rogers, 2430' by Nowlan and Calkin)

Technovelgy from Buck Rogers, 2430 AD, by Philip Nowlan (w/D. Calkins).
Published by Not Known in 1929
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Compare to the flycycle from Ringworld by Larry Niven.

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