Flying Cars Are (Still) Coming: Should We Believe The Hype?

Airbus is one of more than a dozen companies actively developing flying cars. Airbus is one of more than a dozen companies actively developing flying cars. In the 1950s, when America was hopeful and reckless conjecture was encouraged, prognosticators had some wild ideas about 21st century technology. A few came true, like robot companions. The editors of Popular Mechanics gathered their predictions in the 2012 book: The Wonderful Future That Never Was.