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What's "very far away?" Looks like BETA Technologies has a real airplane, ALIA, that'll potentially be certified next year. They're currently building a manufac
by cmurf 4y ago
What's "very far away?" Looks like BETA Technologies has a real airplane, ALIA, that'll potentially be certified next year. They're currently building a manufacturing facility to mass produce it.
I think what's very far away is autonomous flight. But IMO farther is autonomous automobiles, because as both pilot and driver, aviation has rules, standards, predictability, integration of a wide assortment of vehicles of flight, training, and thus a far better prepared environment for autonomous. The automobile environment is so haphazard humans make way more mistakes driving than flying.
- Mistletoe 4y agoThe cargo and passenger part. No one doubts an electric plane can be made, it’s the ability to lift lots of weight and the batteries. https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/what-would-it-take-to-power-airliners-with-batteries/145370.article https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/what-would-it-take-t...