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The dream of flying cars remains alive and well, and several companies are taking on the challenge. By Roy Beisswenger.

When it came to choosing a kit aircraft to build, columnist Amy Laboda and her husband opted for a metal design, in part because it would be resistant to destruction by lightning strike and also because fatigue is easier to detect in metal than it is in a composite plane. However, new nanotube technology, if integrated into composite construction material, could not only help identify wear problems, but also potentially heal them.

Design process, part 7-runway surface.

People begin building aircraft for many reasons. Some dream of flight in an airplane...