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Post by Floppy Johnson on Nov 23, 2020 10:50:34 GMT -8
With flying cars, would a simple bumper kissing accident end up with both drivers plunging to their deaths? And innocent people on the ground. Apparently, there will be a lot of crash avoidance technology in the personal helicopters for the not super rich. I don't think crashes will be much of a problem. New cars let you drive only by steering, the car in front of you slows down, your car slows down. If it speeds up, your car speeds up to your selected top speed. And, I would guess (though I haven't read this) that each PHftNS will have a transponder in it, so that they are all communicating their location and vector to each other. And, there will be sky lanes, presumably. To me, safety is low on my list of concerns. But, JMO.
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Post by Floppy Johnson on Mar 30, 2021 9:20:18 GMT -8
Similarly to flying cars, I'm not a fan. Samsung is starting drone delivery in Dublin. I know that it will increase convenience (as Jello Biafra said "Give me convenience or give me death!"). But, I'm not a fan. Assuming this is a wave of the future (if I'm wrong, Hallelujah!) I don't want the noise pollution of drones delivering consumer goods all over the place. I don't want to see drones delivering consumer goods all over the place. I know someone will say "It's energy efficient!" But, is it? We get parcel delivery vehicles on our street at least once per day. If the guy is already driving past my house, it takes more energy to drone the package to me individually. But, let's say it's more energy efficient. That's not where I want my energy reduction coming from. And, let's be real, droning cellphones across town so that a consumer can have it almost instantaneously is not about "energy efficiency." www.dublinnews.com/news/268289983/first-drone-service-in-ireland-delivers-samsung-phones-accessories
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Post by grant73 on Mar 30, 2021 10:48:50 GMT -8
I have a personal story about flying and cars. My father (UCLA '43, while an Army Cadet) lived through WWII because in Air Corps flight training he was number two in his 1943 class, 2nd to a lady flyer he had a crush on, "Shirley." He told me stories about their competitive joy-flying in their P-51s but more often their AT6 trainers. Both pilots were kept in AL and MS during the war as instructors -- never shot at, which boded well for my later conception, lol -- and after the war he returned to his L.A. birthplace. Shirley married her Chicago high school sweetheart, btw. In the Fairfax district where he grew up, his best friend across the street was Bill Savage, Jr., whose father owned part of Savage-Haldeman Pontiac, at 12th & Figueroa, about where the Lakers and Clippers now play. Mr. Savage senior had the idea that flying would be a middle class activity and looked forward to selling lots of Pipers, Beechcrafts, and Cessnas, but also with an idea of selling flying cars -- the near-chimerical Taylor [see LINK] was already on-offer, after a fashion, but no market materialized. With Pop's pilot license and excellent training, the Savages took him aboard. But cars won out, and no planes got marketed by the Savages ever. Pop (1921-2009) was in the Pontiac and Cadillac biz all during my childhood and adolescence, changing to office buildings for the first ten years of the budding Century City. He let his pilot license expire in 1950. LINK to the only practical "flying car" (FAA-approved but never produced)... (the wings and tail were pulled as a trailer when on the road) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerocar (Taylor)
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Post by Floppy Johnson on Mar 30, 2021 11:06:36 GMT -8
I have a personal story about flying and cars. My father (UCLA '43, while an Army Cadet) lived through WWII because in Air Corps flight training he was number two in his 1943 class, 2nd to a lady flyer he had a crush on, "Shirley." He told me stories about their competitive joy-flying in their P-51s but more often their AT6 trainers. Both pilots were kept in AL and MS during the war as instructors -- never shot at, which boded well for my later conception, lol -- and after the war he returned to his L.A. birthplace. Shirley married her Chicago high school sweetheart, btw. In the Fairfax district where he grew up, his best friend across the street was Bill Savage, Jr., whose father owned part of Savage-Haldeman Pontiac, at 12th & Figueroa, about where the Lakers and Clippers now play. Mr. Savage senior had the idea that flying would be a middle class activity and looked forward to selling lots of Pipers, Beechcrafts, and Cessnas, but also with an idea of selling flying cars -- the near-chimerical Taylor [see LINK] was already on-offer, after a fashion, but no market materialized. With Pop's pilot license and excellent training, the Savages took him aboard. But cars won out, and no planes got marketed by the Savages ever. Pop (1921-2009) was in the Pontiac and Cadillac biz all during my childhood and adolescence, changing to office buildings for the first ten years of the budding Century City. He let his pilot license expire in 1950. LINK to the only practical "flying car" (FAA-approved but never produced)... (the wings and tail were pulled as a trailer when on the road) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerocar (Taylor) Thanks! That was interesting. Here's a still* from Planes, posted so I know what I'm looking at next time I watch Planes. www.reelmama.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Franz-Fliegenhosen-Planes.png*Is it called a "still" when it's from digital animation?
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Post by grant73 on Mar 30, 2021 12:17:21 GMT -8
Lol, the "Cars/Planes" character was probably modeled on the final Taylor prototype. After all, the chimerical belongs in cartoons, not real life!!! Btw, the Paul Newman "Doc Hudson" was my favorite. Among the all-time greatest stock racers in 1951-1954.
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Post by Floppy Johnson on Mar 30, 2021 12:24:59 GMT -8
Lol, the "Cars/Planes" character was probably modeled on the final Taylor prototype. After all, the chimerical belongs in cartoons, not real life!!! Btw, the Paul Newman "Doc Hudson" was my favorite. Among the all-time greatest stock racers in 1951-1954. Btw, I recently listened to an old (15 yrs?) radio segment interviewing a lady who flew with the air corps in WWII, talking about the women's experiences. It was really good. If I can think of where I heard it (not very likely), I'll post it.
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