The Army Transportation Research Command purchased two of these machines “off-the-shelf” for research in early 1960. Curtiss-Wright had developed the Air-Car as a four-passenger commercial vehicle.
Curtiss-Wright
Model 2500
Air-Car
The Model 2500 Air Car was a four-place Ground Effects Machine designed by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. It skimmed six to twelve inches off the ground, water, swamps, or mud at speeds up to 35 mph.