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I'm genuinely wondering when I can buy a personal, commercially available, vehicle that will let me fly (or maybe sail) over the Hudson river on my commute into
by skizm 6y ago
I'm genuinely wondering when I can buy a personal, commercially available, vehicle that will let me fly (or maybe sail) over the Hudson river on my commute into NYC. What are the stoppers for something like this? Landing? Economics? Regulation? I'd pay more money than a car for something like this.
- qppo 6y agoYou can buy a helicopter. They're expensive, loud, and dangerous. The noise is really bad and one of the reasons I'll vote against any local ordinance that would make heli-transit more available.
- dmurray 6y agoOr you can buy a canoe - GP was willing to sail instead of fly. Cheap, quiet, safe-ish - paddling across the shipping lanes of the Hudson is probably mostly fine, but if you do it every day you'll have some close calls. The Hudson River is less than a mile across at Manhattan. This could be faster than car/train/ferry/bike for some very specific commutes.
- kerneis 6y agoIt's very much doable: https://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/01/americas/zach-schwitzky-canoe-commute/ https://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/01/americas/zach-schwitzky-c... "Living in Hoboken, New Jersey, the other side of the Hudson river to Manhattan, Schwitzky kayaks across the water in around 20 minutes."
- hwillis 6y agoa pilots license