WALDO WATERMAN ARROWBILE PROTOTYPE (SILENT FILM) FLYING CAR XD13364d

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This recently re-discovered roll of silent film features images of one of the world’s first flying cars, the Waterman Arrowbile developed by inventor Dr. Waldo Waterman. The Arrowbile was a tailless, two-seat, single-engine, pusher configuration roadable aircraft built in the US in the late 1930s. One of the first of its kind, it flew safely but generated little customer interest, and only five were produced. The aircraft shown is wing # X262Y, the prototype Arrowbile. Waldo Dean Waterman (June 16, 1894 – December 8, 1976) was an inventor and aviation pioneer from San Diego, California. He developed a series of tailless swept-wing aircraft incorporating tricycle landing gear, culminating in a low cost and simple to fly flying car. In early September 1937 the first three Arrowbiles flew from the factory at Santa Monica to the National Air Race