Remember a few months back when I made a joke about how dangerous a flying Ford Pinto would be? Well, in 1973 two inventors actually tried to create such a flying vehicle, and died while testing it.

What happens when you combine a car like the Ford Pinto with a plane like the Cessna 337? Nothing good, it turns out. People have been dreaming of flying cars for over a century now, with purely ...

Then, on May 28, 1972, Lilly Gray was driving her six-month-old Pinto down a stretch of California’s Interstate 15 when the engine stumbled and stalled. A 1962 Ford Galaxie braked hard and rear-ended ...