Full record for aerocar n.

Definition a small, personal flying vehicle, equivalent to a flying car
OED requirements antedating 1908
Earliest cite Stephen Chalmers, New York Times
Comment Suzanne Gibson submitted a cite from a 1977 reprint of Fred Smales' "The Abduction of Alexandra Seine"; we would like to check the 1900 original appearance.
Hal Hall submitted a 1998 cite from Everett F. Bleiler's "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years", which contains an excerpt of A.G. Stangland's "The Ancient Brain". Hal Hall verified this cite in its original appearance in the October 1929 Science Wonder Stories.
Mike Christie submitted a 1941 cite.
Kathleen Miller submitted a 1908 cite from an article by Stephen Chalmers in the New York Times.
Malcolm Farmer submitted a 1995 cite from Walter Jon Williams' "Metropolitan"

Earliest cite in the OED: 1910

Last modified 24 June, 2009

Citations for aerocar n.

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1929 ‘A. G. Stangland’ in Sci. Wonder Stories Oct. Aerocars are omnipresent.