Eponymously Yours, W. Skeffington Higgins

I've found a promotional film for the Advanced Vehicle Engineers Mizar, a roadable airplane of the 1970s based on a Ford Pinto. It was married to the wings and rear engine of a Cessna Skymaster.

(It's over 10 minutes long, but dull until 3:10 or so; I've tried to start the clip there but I'm not sure whether that Youtube feature will work.)

Unfortunately an accident with the Mizar earned its developers, Henry Smolinski and Hal Blake, a place on the Doomed Engineers site.

Doug Duncan has some great photos of the Mizar. Here's a Mizar history site.

The Boston Globe has an article about a new company, started by MIT grad students, working on a flying car. The Terrafugia Transition is a roadable airplane with folding wings.