What's really got me wondering is the use of a flight simulator “mathematical computer” in 1958. I can't fathom what kind of useful information you could have gleaned from a computer with substantially less processing power than a gameboy.

I would settle for people using their turn signals. I do NOT want these same people FLYING anywhere near my second story apartment!

The history of flying car attempts is interesting though.

A guy in Texas built a flying… thing. that he mostly used to generate UFO reports in the surrounding suburbs before he was told that just because he built it did not give him FAA approval to fly it. It used too much fuel and didn't fly very fast. But it looked very interesting. Another person built a flying chair (no, not the lawn chair balloon guy). It was based on a peroxide powered helecopter concept. It was too unstable for further commercial development and large amounts of peroxide explode too easily.

I laughed so hard!I should be crying that our space program is to the point where commercial exploits are more exciting than what NASA is doing.

Where are my flying cars?!

Yes, it's really a word for word edit of a news report about the X-15 from the January 12th. 1958 Syracuse Post Standard. The SlashNOT automated Story Generator did it.