Not without an NDA.Whats the future of aviation?
Any guesses?
Not without an NDA.
Nauga,
who was never here
Whats the future of aviation?
Whats the future of aviation?
Any guesses?
I like your future. It's less dystopian than mine.Self-contained solid state inertial navigation units will replace GPS.
Battery technology will get to the point where you can fly for three hours on a charge, land with an hour reserve, and recharge to 100% in 10 minutes. The batteries, motor and system install will cost about what a gasoline-based system does, but charging and maintenance over their lifespan will be a fraction.
FBO lobbies will become populated with pilots hanging out talking about flying, hiding from their wives and drinking free coffee.
LAS Bravo will require a clearance to enter.
The Tesla airplane? With a chute?Self-contained solid state inertial navigation units will replace GPS.
Battery technology will get to the point where you can fly for three hours on a charge, land with an hour reserve, and recharge to 100% in 10 minutes. The batteries, motor and system install will cost about what a gasoline-based system does, but charging and maintenance over their lifespan will be a fraction.
FBO lobbies will become populated with pilots hanging out talking about flying, hiding from their wives and drinking free coffee.
LAS Bravo will require a clearance to enter.
See please https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_laser_gyroscopeSelf-contained solid state inertial navigation units will replace GPS.
I was referring (unclearly) to tiny INS units priced comparably with GPS navigators.
I see. I never flew with the IRS units pictured in the Wiki link. I did fly with the older mechanical whirring (shrieking) INS units and they drifted quite a bit and could not give 3D position resolution, just 2D (that I know of). I understand the IRS units also drifted. I guess you are thinking that someone will develop a whole new technology.
At some point, having a PPL and owning an airplane will become illegal,
I worry about that. A friend of the family who is very much into government regulation of everything is quite vocally opposed to the existence of light planes and private pilots because they don't fit into her worldview of things needing control. I hadn't known her long at all when she told me 'I can't believe you can just get in your plane and go wherever you want. That's not right'. I recall looking from her, to her minivan, back to her, back to her minivan, hoping she would make the connection. She did not.
I worry about that. A friend of the family who is very much into government regulation of everything is quite vocally opposed to the existence of light planes and private pilots because they don't fit into her worldview of things needing control. I hadn't known her long at all when she told me 'I can't believe you can just get in your plane and go wherever you want. That's not right'. I recall looking from her, to her minivan, back to her, back to her minivan, hoping she would make the connection. She did not.
At some point, having a PPL and owning an airplane will become illegal,