He did state before winning the 2024 election that under his administration, they would develop "vertical takeoff and landing vehicles" for individuals and small families. If GME ever moonshoots (which is now looking like a pipedream), ill forego the normal lambo for a flying model
Aviation career person here. All the major manufacturers have designed and already supersonic aircraft test planes. They are just waiting for the green light to finalize some testing and mass produce.
Also, we will see Uber/Waymo of the skies, so to speak, introduced for public use during the Summer Olympics in LA 2028.
We did. They were the Concordes. Too expensive. Not enough market. You only get what you are willing to pay for. And not even that, if you are in a small enough minority. But, be hopeful. There are startup companies trying to develop a new generation of supersonic airliners.
True. It curtailed supersonic flight to be over the ocean only, and any subsonic legs were not economic to fly. But the people on the ground have a say in what flies overhead, if it makes a nuisance noise. Its service ceiling was 60,000 feet. A higher ceiling might have reduced the boom overpressure enough to allow overland routes, but it would have been more of an engineering challenge.
The good citizens of NY and DC did not like the sound of 4 Olympus engines on full afterburner each morning as the first Concorde flight took off. So they moaned and whinged to their governmental reps who pressured the administration who said no to Concorde. As it was built for the transatlantic route that was the end of it.
I worked.for a company in US where HQ was in UK. The execs flew on Concorde because their time was so valuable. Gorbachev visited UK HQ once. The company folded a few years later....anyway
There's a real good reason for fast flight, but it's difficult finding viable solutions. Some colleagues at work were speculating about rocket transport to the other side of the Earth in less than 45 minutes. But the down side was a launch rate of maybe once a day, at best. That, and the unlikelihood that normal people would like a diet of high acceleration followed by a half-hour of free fall.
The Tu-144 was supposed to have been a good plane, but was canceled on account of a design flaw, and I can't recall the details. Terrible accident at one air show.
Didn’t he just sign an executive order freeing up airspace for drone and flying car technology?
yes, it does look like electrogravitics is about to go mainstream
Finally, we might get our electric flying cars 👍🤪
He did state before winning the 2024 election that under his administration, they would develop "vertical takeoff and landing vehicles" for individuals and small families. If GME ever moonshoots (which is now looking like a pipedream), ill forego the normal lambo for a flying model
First bitcoin treasury company to dip like this. It’s as if these short sellers don’t care anymore. They’ve gone yolo like our CEO.
Parachute training will need to become a regular part of learning to drive then.
Everyone should learn to skydive, it's very relaxing.
Meet George Jetson…
Jane his wife…
And electric flying deaths, lots of them.
While it makes sense, I've always wondered if that is a real part of the spectrum. I've only seen the term used in SciFi until now.
SuperSonic also. Like the Concorde jets. We could probably should have had consumer supersonic planes by now.
Was on a flight with a guy a number of years ago (5-7?) who excitedly told me that his company was in the process of developing a supersonic airplane.
'Wonder what became of that project(?)
Aviation career person here. All the major manufacturers have designed and already supersonic aircraft test planes. They are just waiting for the green light to finalize some testing and mass produce.
Also, we will see Uber/Waymo of the skies, so to speak, introduced for public use during the Summer Olympics in LA 2028.
what's your source on this?
I wanted to create an Uber aviation company and call it “Rudder” 10 years ago but way too many restrictions for commercial.
Thats about what I'd expect at this point.
Uber/Waymo'd be great - IF it's affordable. Otherwise, it'll just be another elite "toy".
Probably this: https://boomsupersonic.com/
We did. They were the Concordes. Too expensive. Not enough market. You only get what you are willing to pay for. And not even that, if you are in a small enough minority. But, be hopeful. There are startup companies trying to develop a new generation of supersonic airliners.
It was the noise problem that did for concorde, bloody do-gooders.
True. It curtailed supersonic flight to be over the ocean only, and any subsonic legs were not economic to fly. But the people on the ground have a say in what flies overhead, if it makes a nuisance noise. Its service ceiling was 60,000 feet. A higher ceiling might have reduced the boom overpressure enough to allow overland routes, but it would have been more of an engineering challenge.
The good citizens of NY and DC did not like the sound of 4 Olympus engines on full afterburner each morning as the first Concorde flight took off. So they moaned and whinged to their governmental reps who pressured the administration who said no to Concorde. As it was built for the transatlantic route that was the end of it.
I worked.for a company in US where HQ was in UK. The execs flew on Concorde because their time was so valuable. Gorbachev visited UK HQ once. The company folded a few years later....anyway
There's a real good reason for fast flight, but it's difficult finding viable solutions. Some colleagues at work were speculating about rocket transport to the other side of the Earth in less than 45 minutes. But the down side was a launch rate of maybe once a day, at best. That, and the unlikelihood that normal people would like a diet of high acceleration followed by a half-hour of free fall.
The Tu-144 was supposed to have been a good plane, but was canceled on account of a design flaw, and I can't recall the details. Terrible accident at one air show.
Exactly… But they don’t want us useless eaters to enjoy that type of travel that the elites enjoy. It makes them feel special.
We will see Uber/Waymo of the skies, so to speak, introduced for public use during the Summer Olympics in LA 2028. - Aviation insider.
I remember that… 🧐
Flying cart technology?
Siri ugh