Now he, despite his efforts, was routinely mocked as a crank by many in the design establishment, and admittedly, some of his experiments failed, like the flying car that never got off the ground.
اما او با وجود تلاش‎هایش در جامعه طراحان توسط بسیاری به عنوان دیوانه مورد تمسخر قرار می‎گرفت، و مسلما، بعضی از تجربیات او با شکست مواجه شدند، مثل ماشین پرنده که هرگز از زمین بلند نشد.