It Had To Happen: The Flying Corvair BY PAUL NIEDERMEYER – POSTED ON AUGUST 18, 2011 It Had To Happen: The Flying Corvair | Curbside Classic If the Pinto can be made to fly, then obviously a Corvair was an even more likely candidate in man’s endlessly foolish quest to make cars fly. Postscript: the ending to Mr. Stockwell’s pursuit was much happier than the Pinto’s. The Corvair never did fly; the Pinto did, but went down in a fatal crash.