Airscoot (1947)
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The Airscoot was a quite unusual car made by the Wichita
, Kansas
-based company Aircraft Products in 1947 to fit the need for a small car that could commute to and from airports then be folded up and put aboard private aircraft. It was able to attain this goal by weighing a mere 72 lb (32.7 kg), and measuring only 37 inches (939.8 mm) in length. Passenger and stowage accommodations included seats for two passengers and a luggage rack in front for two suitcases. Its one-cylinder, 2.6 hp air-cooled engine claimed to be capable of 60 miles per US gallon, though the gas tank could only hold 3/10ths of a gallon. Little further information is available on this car.
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
-based company Aircraft Products in 1947 to fit the need for a small car that could commute to and from airports then be folded up and put aboard private aircraft. It was able to attain this goal by weighing a mere 72 lb (32.7 kg), and measuring only 37 inches (939.8 mm) in length. Passenger and stowage accommodations included seats for two passengers and a luggage rack in front for two suitcases. Its one-cylinder, 2.6 hp air-cooled engine claimed to be capable of 60 miles per US gallon, though the gas tank could only hold 3/10ths of a gallon. Little further information is available on this car.