Green | May 07, 2008 | 13 comments

Personal aviation the way of the future?

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7384788.stm

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"When your 100mpg (miles per gallon) car is stuck in traffic and a 100mpg airplane whizzes overhead, you're going to be jealous."
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13 comments // Personal aviation the way of the future?

  • mako2424
  • ohmankidvicious
  • alman365
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      alman365  

    • this may not be practical but its a cool concept, aggressive drivers and drunk drivers will kill people in the air, crashing to the ground killing even more, fantastic

    • 4 years ago
  • MissJonaLyn
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      MissJonaLyn  

    • It's an interesting idea...But still, it's not much better than driving. Wouldn't having a personal plane use up just as much...If not more gas? That, and i'm sure it's more expensive than any hybrid car. People should learn to ride their bikes, or even walk as often as they can to get to the places they need to go. We'd help the enviornment, and help solve America's obesiety epidemic.

    • 4 years ago
  • Saladin
  • pstuart
  • leeafton
  • furryjenn
  • Argon18
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      Argon18  

    • Maybe the point slid off for you too fast to catch then?

      That one is not a substitute for the other. Maybe a more of a mixture than has been previously.

      Since you'd need cars to take you between landing areas and they can't be located just anywhere like parking lots can.

      That might relieve some of the traffic pressure from the ground but it's only going to redistribute it elsewhere.

    • 4 years ago
  • parisinla
  • Argon18
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      Argon18  

    • The problem is over crowding in high traffic areas.

      It's bad enough when you have too many people trying to use a freeway at the same time. But at least they are all traveling in the same direction and can see where to stop in time since they have no where to move.

      It's even worse when you have too many people trying to use the same airspace since they can't all take off or land at the same time from high traffic areas.

      But they would have a lot more momentum bult up and many more directions they could approach that air traffic controllers couldn't possibly keep up with so that accidents would rise dramatically or that they would be stacked up so deep around the landing areas that waiting times would be more that the fuel supplies.

    • 4 years ago
  • Justin_Gunn
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