والأن، بالرغم من جهوده، سخر منه العديد من مؤسسة التصميم، وباعتراف الجميع، فشلت بعض تجاربه، كالسيارة الطائرة التي لم تغادر الأرض على الإطلاق.
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.