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That seems unlikely. The energy cost of flying is always going to be higher. You do, after all, need to move upward.
by nitwit005 9y ago
That seems unlikely. The energy cost of flying is always going to be higher. You do, after all, need to move upward.
- sokoloff 9y agoI fly a piston engine airplane that seats 6 and gets ~15 miles per gallon at over 200mph. If I slowed it down, I could probably get it to 20mpg. That’s pretty competitive with 6-pax cars, so the spread may not be as much as you’d first imagine.