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Title: Cadillac VTOL
Post by: Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621 on December 16, 2024, 08:54:03 AM
https://evtol.news/cadillac-vtol
Title: Re: Cadillac VTOL
Post by: David Greenburg on December 16, 2024, 01:32:39 PM
Cool. I've been waiting for my flying car ever since they were promised o me in the pages of Popular Science as a little kid. I'd like a jet pack, too.
Title: Re: Cadillac VTOL
Post by: James Landi on December 18, 2024, 07:33:42 AM
Yesterday, Kristina and I battled NJ commuter traffic -- it's miserable, even well before day break... there's simply insufficient asphalt to accommodate the doubling of the US population since the GROWTH of the US highway system and  the rise of the commuter culture--- so YES! up, up and away! 
Title: Re: Cadillac VTOL
Post by: Big Fins on December 19, 2024, 04:00:35 AM
What are doing up in that sewer when it's in the 70's down here?
Title: Re: Cadillac VTOL
Post by: jdemerson on December 19, 2024, 07:37:33 AM
See these links:
https://www.beta.team/
https://www.beta.team/stories/

I've toured their plant. Cadillac Division, given its commitment to EVs, should check out these developments. It is not sci-fi; it's real and it currently has medical and military applications. Maybe personal transportation isn't all that far off...

John Emerson
1952 Cadillac sedan 6219X
Title: Re: Cadillac VTOL
Post by: bcroe on December 20, 2024, 12:32:47 PM
Long ago Ford tried to develop a commuter plane, gave
up when his test pilot was killed.  Most of the
accidents today are caused by driver error, no way
are those people able to handle the safety precautions
developed after aircraft became more common.  Yes
there are some places where residents can operate
their own aircraft, after long training and strict
operational coordination.  Bruce Roe
Title: Re: Cadillac VTOL
Post by: TJ Hopland on December 20, 2024, 12:56:01 PM
General aviation doesn't exactly have a stellar track record for safety and thats with pretty small numbers and in theory fairly strict training and re checks for both pilots and aircraft.  There have been a few cases very recently where it was operator error simply running out of fuel.