78- Molt Taylor & the Aerocar

The History Of The Evergreen State

Moulton "Molt" Taylor, a native of the Pacific Northwest and skilled inventor, creative thinker, and fervent supporter of what he saw as the future of flying, created the Aerocar, a hybrid vehicle that combines an airplane and a car. Taylor, who grew up in Longview and Kelso, started building and flying model airplanes as a Boy Scout, obtained his pilot's license as a teenager, and then, after graduating from the University of Washington, enrolled in the U. S. Navy's aviation cadet training program in Pensacola, Florida.
His early creations included anything from a low-cost aviation radio to the Duckling, a small plane with flotation wings. But for 4 decades, he was preoccupied with the Aerocar, a vehicle that could quickly switch from an airplane to a car and back.
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