As I am going to be going on a plane today, this story is pretty darn appropriate. You know of the pain of not only getting to the airport, but all of the long lines of getting checked in, checking bags, security checkpoint..it can be quite the nightmare. On top of that, you then have to wait around until the flight is ready to be boarded. I know, I’m having “first world problems” here (as planes are pretty darn amazing!), but you get the idea.
Well, what if you didn’t have to go to the airport to fly somewhere? Wouldn’t that be neat?
That is what XLT is trying to do: they are creating a vertical takeoff plane, which will allow a plane to instead of needing a long runway in order to takeoff will just need vertical clearance. The plane will just go straight up. This will allow areas that otherwise would not be deemed as necessary for planes to now be allowed to be used for such purposes.
Will you be able to afford this? Well, unless you’re a multimillionaire, then no, probably not. These planes, according to Jeffrey Pino, vice chairman at XTI, will cost at the start approximately $10 million. Better start saving in that change jar! 😉
At any rate, this would certainly start a vast improvement from what we’ve seen already in the world of transportation. We might even start looking like the Jetsons soon with this sort of technology! (Ok, maybe not THAT futuristic…)
What are your thoughts on these planes?
That’s all for now, until next time…keep that tech gear ticking.
~Goliath7470
PS: Credit for this post goes to the article I read regarding this story from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/28/travel/vertical-take-off-landing-commercial-airplanes-feat/index.html. Feel free to read to go more in-depth!