Plug-In Planes: Startup Debuts Pilotless Electric ‘Air Taxis’

Breitbart ^ | 10/03/2022 | ALANA MASTRANGELO

[ChicagoConservative27]

Wisk Aero, a startup founded in 2019 and backed by Boeing, has debuted its sixth generation remote-piloted “air taxi,” a yellow all-electric four-seat aircraft that can fly without a human pilot. The company touts its plug-in planes as the answer to city traffic congestion.

The Boeing-backed company is hoping to get approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to carry passengers as part of a commercial air taxi service, according to a report by the Verge.

[ChicagoConservative27]

I will pass

[from occupied ga]

Plug-In Planes: Startup Debuts Pilotless Electric ‘Air Taxis’

Wonderful idea. What could possibly go wrong? < /sarcasm>

[nascarnation]

Experienced tort attorneys are standing by to take your call.

[moovova]

[Da Coyote]

Pay no attention to all the blinking red and yellow lights in the automated control center.

[Belteshazzar]

Range of 248 to 124 miles. Hmmmm.

[NWFree]

They’re so confident in this plane they won’t even allow their own pilot to fly it

[Steely Tom]

The Environmental Left has a basic ignorance of thermodynamics.

[Pollard]

Obviously not for two way traffic in the inner city. Hmm, and what about powerlines and traffic lights? Hardly a taxi replacement.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Just fly into a bright cloud and shove the plane’s recharging cable into a unicorn’s rear. Rainbows are a great source of power up there too. The aircrew may have to fight a leprechaun for it.

First crash and the whole crackpot idea is finished.

[Dr. Sivana]

Wisk Aero,[ . . . ] has debuted its sixth generation remote-piloted “air taxi,”

So . . . what happened to the first five generations?
Are they like the first four tries of Chanel?
The first eight plans from outer space?
Jack Daniels' first six attempts?

[TexasGator]

“The Environmental Left has a basic ignorance of thermodynamics.”

How does that apply to this OP?

[joshua c]

i thought the headline said “pointless”

never mind

[Carriage Hill]

What possibly could go wrong with *no pilot* and *crappy batteries* at 3-10,000 ft?

[Da Coyote]

"The Environmental Left has a basic ignorance of thermodynamics everything." It's mo' betta now.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

So the plane’s range depends allot on the weather?

[TexasGator]

https://www.boeing.com/features/frontiers/2019/autonomous-flying-vehicles/index.page

[I want the USA back]

So now, all a terrorist has to do is break into one of the remote control stations and he will able to crash a plane loaded with people into an occupied building. But he won’t get his 72 virgins that way.

[ridesthemiles]

WD-40 ??????

[Dr. Sivana]

Formula 409!