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Bill Truitt is shown here holding up a picture of the air car he built in 1920. He perfected his design in the 1970s and gave the rights to NASA and the Army. Bill was from McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. His design disclosure was fairly complete with the exception of one or two aspects which he said were top secret. |
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I built this go-kart in the late 1980s. It consisted of a scuba tank, an old wood boring drill, and a valve. From a dead stop headed up a steep hill, it accelerated so fast that it was hard to steer. On a straight, flat sidewalk its range on a scuba tank of 125 psi air was about 25 feet. This is the only air car I have built in 24 years of doing research, a situation which I am eager to correct. |
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A photo of the guest register of the North Star Gold Mine, January 1, 1899. Edward A. Rix was the founder of Rix Compressor Co., which still exists in Oakland, California. He designed air powered locomotives for the gold mines in Grass Valley, California, and held dozens of patents on pneumatic machinery. |
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Terry Miller invented the term "air car advocate". This photo shows him being driven in circles by the founder of Pneumatic Options, who compiled Pneumatic Options Research Library and AirCarAccess.com, the world's largest collection of information on compressed air automobiles. Terry showed his air car from coast to coast, including Times Square, and I learned of him from an article in People Magazine. This photo was taken by Terry's wife at the Wichita Energy Expo in 1985. While the electric car at the booth next to us sat idle, we gave free rides on Air Car One nonstop for three days. People love air cars! |
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