XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics, sci.astro   
   From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   Doc O'Leary   wrote:   
      
   >For your reference, records indicate that   
   >Fred J. McCall  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Flying cars were and are a good idea unless you think you   
   >> can just land anywhere you like.   
   >   
   >Just the opposite!  If I can only fly between airports, why not just call   
   >it an airplane?  What actual problem does a “flying car” otherwise solve   
   >that make it such a fantastic machine to have?  What is the actual use   
   >case that demonstrates *any* added value?   
   >   
      
   Asked and answered.   
      
   >   
   >> If you fly a GA aircraft, what do   
   >> you do once you land it?   
   >   
   >Depends on the problem you’re looking to solve.  If it is to keep a   
   >vehicle in constant service, I’d say you’d fly it right back out to its   
   >next destination.  Same way it doesn’t make much sense to leave a   
   >self-driving car sitting in a parking lot doing nothing.   
   >   
      
   Do you know what a GA airplane is?  I think you just asserted that   
   they make no sense, yet lots of people have them.   
      
      
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