Right on.
The VZ series of hovercrafts were part of a military initiative started in 1957 to replace the jeep with something even more capable of traversing normally intraversable terrain. Chrysler built two VZ-6s and delivered them to the Army in late 1958. Both used 500hp Lycoming piston engines, measured about 21 and a half feet long and five feet high, used eight-and-a-half-foot diameter propellors and seated one.
According to details on the Aviation Enthusiasts Corner, testing began in early 1959, but the Army found the VZ-6 overweight, underpowered and unable to maintain stability.
Indeed, during the course of the first non-tethered “flight” the first prototype flipped completely over. The pilot escaped without serious injury but the craft itself was damaged beyond economical repair.
The Army moved on to the next VZ-series design and scrapped the two prototypes. So for all you futurists complaining about our current lack of flying cars, well, it’s not like Chrysler wasn’t trying.
