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MoonlightVFR
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Flying Car Again

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Here we go again.

Soon to be on front cover of Popular Science magazine at a news stand

Larry Page has committed 100 million dollar budget for developing a flying car.

I am reluctant to buy in. Really reluctant.

My first thought was "Larry" use some of your resources $$$ to help General Aviation.

You seldom ever see or hear a small airplane in the sky.
gradyb, '54 B N2890C
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Right. How many 'flying cars' have their been that ended up nothing? Next it will be driverless/pilotless flying cars.
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bsdunek wrote:Right. How many 'flying cars' have their been that ended up nothing? Next it will be driverless/pilotless flying cars.
They call those Drones and some are big enough to carry a person.

We have the technology today to make pilotless aircraft.
The biggest hurdle is the FAA.
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The biggest hurdle for me would be to get in an aircraft with no pilot.
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hilltop170 wrote:The biggest hurdle for me would be to get in an aircraft with no pilot.
We might someday see a two- or four-seater quadcopter with a full-time autopilot, where you just tell it where you want to go. It senses proximity to obstacles and other aircraft, and avoids them. It knows how to find a designated parking spot to land in near your destination. It has a BRS parachute that it can deploy in emergencies. I might be willing to give such a thing a try. :-)
John Renwick
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Aryana wrote:.... The fact that his Cessna doesn't have a single semiconductor or line of code keeping it in the air is what he loves about it.
Hehee! Yeah, I get that. OTOH, I'm told my Prius has more lines of code in it than a 747, and I haven't seen a glitch yet that I was aware of.
John Renwick
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'42 J-3 Cub, N62088
'50 Swift GC-1B, N2431B, Oshkosh 2009 Outstanding Swift Award, 2016 Best Continuously Maintained Swift
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