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Instead of fighting for the road to the airport they'd better fight for the electric VTOL - a way to get their air transport without violating the wilderness re

by trhway 4y ago

Instead of fighting for the road to the airport they'd better fight for the electric VTOL - a way to get their air transport without violating the wilderness refuge. Alaskan low density makes it a great place for the new technology to get tested in real use and have its early problems worked out.

notch656a 4y ago
eVTOL aren't anywhere near to being certified for commercial flight, and anyone telling you they are is a charlatan trying to cash out on investment fraud. I know because I worked for a semi well known eVTOL entrepreneur who continually facilitated an enterprise engaged in lying to customers that they would get an eVTOL in short order when in fact the FARs didn't even provide a path to certification.
- trhway 4y ago
  >the FARs didn't even provide a path to certification and that is the fight those people should spend their effort/money at.
  - notch656a 4y ago
    You want a bunch of natives in a remote hamlet of Alaska to spend their time lobbying to change the FARs to enable deployment of experimental aircraft?
    - trhway 4y ago
      yep. Grassroot. The real people who need it.