'Pocket Airports' Would Link Neighborhoods By Air 257
cylonlover writes "NASA's light-aircraft partner, CAFE (Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency), is running a competition to design a low-cost, quiet, short take-off personal aircraft, that requires little, if any, fossil fuel. It envisions the resulting Suburban Air Vehicles taking off and landing at small neighborhood 'pocket airports.' At last week's Future of Electric Vehicles conference, CAFE president Dr. Brien Seeley outlined just how those airports would work."
interesting (Score:5, Funny)
Electric power might be a contender here, as you could use the 3 hours you will spend being x-rayed, swabbed, fingerprinted and cavity-searched before each flight to charge the battery.
Re:200 mpg?!?! (Score:2, Funny)
Why wouldn't you have to worry about stopping every few minutes? Government will soon put up traffic lights on blimps to halt traffic, also speed limits. You will be stuck behind some old geezer in his autogyro because it will be illegal to overtake.
Re:200 mpg?!?! (Score:2, Funny)
Not only does it have to get 200 mpg, but it has to be low-cost, quiet, have a short take-off distance, require no fuel, be constructed out of recycled paper, look really cool, carry 4 tonnes freight, shoot sparkles out its exhaust, pass a Turing test, eat 50 eggs in one sitting, and touch its right index finger to its right elbow.