Yeah. I heard a bit on the HC documentary. I will never use the phrase "drank the Kool-Aid" (tm) ever again with humor in mind.

Cute little jets may make a comeback. Relatively highpower but small jet engines are becoming temptingly reliable and affordable.

Here is a twin-jet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9bzQQl8Y_w

Here is a more typical motorglider :
( see news ) http://www.hph.cz/

True enough, Ray. I would think 1980's electronics and the ducted fan approach was defeated by stability problems as much as just staying up.

For everyone else waiting for a flying car... keep watching movies and dreaming, or do like I do and fly a _wing_. You know, an airplane.

Sarah