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Ultra-short takeoff and landing plane rakes in $8 billion in pre-orders
New Atlas ^
| January 24, 2024
| By Loz Blain
Posted on 01/31/2024 12:57:03 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
So Mr. 2nd you have the choice of flying Electra’s eSTOL or a Boeing 737 Max.
“Uhh, Nevermind. I think I’ll drive.”
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posted on
01/31/2024 1:27:13 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
To: moovova
At least the wheel didn’t fall off....................
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posted on
01/31/2024 1:29:08 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal qs are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
India's geography and demographics make it an ideal launch market for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) They will use the short takeoff feature to allow wealthy commuters to bypass urban congestion. After a few years in India and other Third World countries, they can apply for FAA certification.
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posted on
01/31/2024 1:35:18 PM PST
by
SauronOfMordor
(Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
To: small farm girl
"How are they generating the electricity?"They don't really define "hybrid-electric". Also the demonstration flight was with a two-seater, which reached 3,200 feet and went 30 miles.
How far will the plane go with nine passengers plus luggage plus one pilot in the middle of a winter snowstorm while circling the airport waiting for the runway to be cleared?
To: Red Badger
Not a big deal. The $8 billion was not transferred. These are orders like, “OK, if you build them and they test out to the specs you claim, put us down for $8 billion in airplanes.”
Lots of startup aircraft companies get these type of loosey-goosey orders for fund raising purposes.
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posted on
01/31/2024 1:35:50 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
ProtectOurFreedom @9:
I can't believe how the VC money flows to anybody with a business plan that says " Our mission to help decarbonize industry XYZ."Carbonphobia rots the brain.
To: Red Badger
"India's geography and demographics make it an ideal launch market for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)..." Yes, it looks like crashing one of those in the Himalayas would be a lot safer than crashing an ATR-72. :)
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posted on
01/31/2024 1:40:41 PM PST
by
Mr. Jeeves
([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
To: Red Badger
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posted on
01/31/2024 1:42:04 PM PST
by
dennisw
(Be positive. Every day is a new dayt)
To: Red Badger
“Passengers will each be issued a asbestos suit and a life jacket..................”
.. and an XBox controller.
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posted on
01/31/2024 1:42:30 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
To: Red Badger
There will be a lot of used ones for sale soon after.
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posted on
01/31/2024 1:42:40 PM PST
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: monkeyshine
Huh ... to me, it looks like a Twin Otter with way too many engines ...
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posted on
01/31/2024 1:43:49 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: moovova
Smoking the tires on landing is absolutely normal.
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posted on
01/31/2024 1:47:47 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: Carl Vehse
There was a great Dilbert cartoon lampooning the go go Internet boom. It’s appropriate here. It was Wally looking for venture capital. He said something like this: “If you go in with your “pitch” wearing a ponytail, it’s an extra million “. It’s probably the same now with all things Green & NetZero!
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posted on
01/31/2024 1:48:24 PM PST
by
Reily
(!!)
To: Red Badger
Arm flapping battery humpers have fun with that
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posted on
01/31/2024 1:58:33 PM PST
by
NWFree
(Sigma male 🤪)
To: Yo-Yo
I like the idea of hybrid electric over plug in electric...that would suck to need to “refuel” in air ;)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
01/31/2024 2:02:18 PM PST
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: Red Badger
It’s as if they never heard of a helicopter.
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posted on
01/31/2024 2:14:02 PM PST
by
subterfuge
(I'm a pure-blood!)
To: Carl Vehse
Yep. Greeniaces infected with Carbonphobia. It’s a serious affliction. Unfortunately, the government’s cure is to pour hundreds of billions of OUR dollars onto those afflicted in the hope they get well.
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posted on
01/31/2024 2:25:19 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: monkeyshine
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posted on
01/31/2024 2:53:59 PM PST
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
To: ryderann
“Anyone else remember back in the 60s, if you wanted to fly into Washington National (DCA) it had to be on an Electra...nothing larger?”
I saw the name and recoiled in horror. How could they use that name??! Electras fell out of the skies at an alarming rate per mileage and were grounded.
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posted on
01/31/2024 3:00:28 PM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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