The Aero Car N9085C was built in 1959 by Joseph L. Halsmer of Lafayette, Indiana was one of the numerous attempts at building a roadable aircraft.
Airline captain Helsmer built this machine over a two-year period for $2,300. N9085C was later converted into single-engine Aero Car 3. Halsmer also built a high-wing two-seater with a uni-twin arrangement of two 65hp engines driving two counter-rotating props, registered N12043.
The Aero Car was a high-wing monoplane with two engines in a tractor-pusher configuration, a tri-cycle gear and tail booms. Helsmer built this machine over a two-year period, and later converted into the single-engine pusher Aero Car 3 presented in 1963 powered by a Continental C-85-12 engine.
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