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  1. 13th July 2018, 10:40 AM #1
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    How air travel could change , radically

    Interesting concept, the freight version woukd be a drone.

    Futuristic flying trains could be on their way | The New Daily
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

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    Sikorsky Skycrane meets Airbus .
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    "We're losing altitude......"

    * pilot presses button disconnecting passenger module....

    "Ah that's much better".




    OK so I said the above in jest but I wonder if the pax module could be fitted with parachutes or something, as an alternative to crash landing in a worst-case scenario ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by VladTepes View Post
    "We're losing altitude......"

    * pilot presses button disconnecting passenger module....

    "Ah that's much better".




    OK so I said the above in jest but I wonder if the pax module could be fitted with parachutes or something, as an alternative to crash landing in a worst-case scenario ?
    I thought the same thing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bob10 View Post
    I thought the same thing.
    ... and I should rush off and patent the idea...

    Remember the Science-Fiction author, Arthur C Clark who didn't patent his idea of Geo-Stationary satellites for global (radio) communication...
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    You can't patent an "idea" you can only patent a design.
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    All the PAX boarding the train at the same station.
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