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Founded in 1948, Andrews Glass Company has been a leader in custom glass fabrication for over fifty years. Andrews Glass Company slowly grew as its reputation for high quality standards and specialty glassware spread. Over the years, Andrews Glass has expanded its capabilities in specialty and precision glass fabrication for industrial and scientific applications and its Lab-Crest product line is highly respected for quality and precision. Andrews Glass Company has retained its unique mix of scientific and precision glassmaking capabilities, and is today counted among the USA’s top ten manufacturers in the field.

The heart of Andrews’ value to its customers lies in the skill and dedication of its employees. The average length of service is over ten years, with the average length of glassworking experience well over 15 years.

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XM-2 Skycar
In 1962, Dr. Paul Moller built a six to one scale model of the XM-2. Two years later in the garage of his residence in Davis, CA he began construction of the full size aircraft. As Moller Aircraft Corporation, Dr. Moller completed construction of this prototype using two 2-cycle McCulloch drone engines which produced enough power to allow the XM-2 to hover in ground effect in 1965. With the success of his first VTOL flight, Dr. Moller began to re-engine the XM-2 in 1966 with two Mercury outboard engines XM-2 in flight under UC Davis sponsorship. The re-engined XM-2 was then flown for the International Press at the UC Davis airport in 1966. In 1968 Dr. Moller received his first patent on this VTOL XM-2 configuration.

XM-3 Skycar
Construction of the XM-3 began in 1966 and was a small two-passenger VTOL aircraft of unique design. A single ring fan powered by 8 go-kart engines surrounded the passengers to create the lift required for vertical flight. In 1968, Dr. Moller flew the XM-3 in ground effect. This configuration was patented in 1969.

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