As promised, here comes my "Ode to Supercar." Perhaps I should write it in Word and paste it, but I'm still having problems with the Word applet. Besides, adding the links would pose more problems that I don't want to deal with right now. This is going to be tough, but here goes...

When I was 10 or 11 years old (1960-61) I was exposed to a kid's TV show called "Supercar." The actors were puppets (with strings attached) however the star of the show was the most amazing vehicle I'd ever seen--Supercar. It was the size of a mid-size car, but it had extendable wings in the rear section, and it could fly. It could also go under water. That craft captured my imagination. There were no wheels. It rose on a cushion of air from downward thrusts, long before there was anything like a Harrier.

For Christmas 1963 (I was 12) I requested and got a draftsman set, including a board, T-Square, triangles, French curve and a complete set of instruments with which I proceded to make a detailed drawing of how the craft should look on the drawing board. I came very close to what is presented below. (Boy, did I have trouble getting that posted!)



I will continue with this experiment and give credit where it is due.