I like trains too (and short-haul aircraft frighten me), but it's much easier to find an unobstructed path for a small aircraft than a high-speed train. There'

I like trains too (and short-haul aircraft frighten me), but it's much easier to find an unobstructed path for a small aircraft than a high-speed train. There's also more latitude for experimentation with these piecemeal private sector experiments. I would expect a high-speed rail line between San Jose and San Francisco, for example, to cost far more than Lilium's current market cap. I'm not even sure where you'd put the track, without killing an existing train line.