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Old 05-11-2004, 08:52 PM
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Inventer of flying car dies.

Robert Fulton Jr. died today at the age of 95. If I got his name correct, he was the inventer of the "airphibian" one of the few working flying cars ever made. He was also a photographer, and interestingly, was present in 1923 for the opening of king Tut's tomb. I guess some people get to have all the fun.
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The history channel did a show on this guy a while back, he was a very intelligent and bold man. Any guy who creates something that can kill them and intrusts there life in it has got balls.
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Re: Inventer of flying car dies.

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Re: Re: Inventer of flying car dies.

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Same here. Poor dude.
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Re: Inventer of flying car dies.

that really sucks
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Craziness.

*Moment of silence*

He definately lived a very fulfilled life.
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Re: Inventer of flying car dies.

it sucks he'll never get to see his invention implemented. 95, damn.
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Re: Inventer of flying car dies.

I wouldent say poor dude, he lived a fulfilling life and lived to be 95, not bad off I say.
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Re: Re: Inventer of flying car dies.

A VERY fulflling life! He seems to have been lucky to have lived so long, and experienced so much.
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Re: Inventer of flying car dies.

We've all got to go sometime and this guy certainly made the best use of his life
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Re: Inventer of flying car dies.

If people don't even know how to drive on a flat ground, what makes him think they can fly a car?
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Re: Inventer of flying car dies.

anyone got a pic of this flying car?!?

I got a funny clip with the two clerk dudes from clerks about flying cars.
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Re: Inventer of flying car dies.

Apparently Dante and Randall hadn't heard of Robert Fulton, Jr.
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Re: Inventer of flying car dies.

well, I guess this is one of few people whose ideas really "got off the ground" or, "took off"




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