What is "terraplane"

The Terraplane was a car brand and model built by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, between 1932 and 1938. In its maiden year, the car was branded as the Essex-Terraplane; in 1934 the car became simply the Terraplane. They were inexpensive, yet powerful vehicles that were used in both town and country, as both cars and trucks bore the Terraplane name.

Terraplane were a 1980s pop rock band from London, England. Composed of five musicians, they released two albums before disbanding in 1988. The band featured three musicians who would go on to form the hard rock act, Thunder.

Terraplane, published in 1988, is a Jack Womack science fiction novel. The Terraplane is a 1930s automobile, which plays a significant role in this novel. It is also a time machine from the corporate-dominated future of DryCo, a manipulative multinational corporation in "New" New York, 2033 CE. In this future, climate change has resulted in rising sea levels, and would have inundated the original city if it had not been for the massive construction of a giant seawall, and New New York on higher ground. Altogether, Jack Womack set four novels in a quartet series in this future world, and its alternate history liaisons.

Terraplane may refer to:

• Terraplane an automobile built by the Hudson Motor Car Company between 1932 and 1939
• Terraplane was the name for a series of French hovercraft from the 1960s and 70s
• Terraplane Blues a blues song recorded in 1936 by Robert Johnson (musician)
• Terraplane (band) a 1980s pop rock group from London, England
• Terraplane (novel) a 1988 science fiction novel by Jack Womack
• Terraplane (album) a 2015 album by Steve Earle

See also Hydroplane

Terraplane is the sixteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Steve Earle. It was released on February 17, 2015 via New West Records. The album sold 11,200 copies in its first week of release, debuting at number 39 on the Billboard 200.