Free flight
by James M. Fallows · first published 2002
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If you're interested in the concept of personal airplanes replacing commercial flight, I highly recommend "Free Flight" by James Fallows. There's a lot of things working against the concept. Weather constraints and sport pilot restrictions are logistical issues, but by far the #1 issue is cost. The Transition, Terrefugia,…
on “The Personal Airplane Is Taking Off” ↗…lot of business travel, it also (I hope) has some emotional resonance, because business air travel is an abusive experience. I started following James Fallows after I heard him on NPR talking about "Free Flight", a book I recommend even though it wasn't particularly predictive. "Free Flight" is a book about the Cirrus SR-20 and the Eclipse E500; the former is a short-hop prop plane with advanced navigation and…
on “Using software to provide cheap business jet service” ↗James Fallows wrote an interesting book a decade ago called Free Flight. Part of the book covered the dismal state of general aviation, resulting from a death spiral in which product liability suits played a prominent role. The rest of the book is about attempts to revive…
on “Plane Gets 45 MPG at 207 MPH, Capable of 100 MPG (Better Than Most Cars)” ↗At first glance this sounded like the rebirth of the proposed restructuring of the commercial airline industry as covered in the book "Free Flight: Inventing the Future of Travel"[0], by James Fallows (2001). Back then the business model was to marry a fleet of very cheap passenger jets[1] with the huge number of little used airports dispersed…
on “Show HN: Monthly subscription airline with SFO-LAX flights starting at $78” ↗