16 thoughts on “Hawaiian Seaglider Airplane Flies For First The Time”
Bob B
Can someone explain how a system designed to fly less than 100 feet above the earth’s surface, specifically the surface of the ocean, is supposed to fly from “Los Angeles to San Francisco or Boston to New York”? Last I heard, there are these mountains in the way?
Just returned recently from my last vacation in Hawaii. I believe Hawaii is beautiful but the flights are torture. Never again. If you think the seats can’t get smaller, you’re probably wrong. Try being 6’3” and 285lb. Then think about using the bathroom. More Covid variants coming and planes full of coughing people and crying children. Trips just not worth it to me anymore.
All of our Hawai’i airports are near the ocean. Could this plane take off and land with retractable wheels on an airport runway, and fly at low elevation above the ocean where it could then do its gliding thing? This would mean that we would not have to modify our harbors and create parking areas and add wharf facilities to the already congested harbors.
Can someone explain how a system designed to fly less than 100 feet above the earth’s surface, specifically the surface of the ocean, is supposed to fly from “Los Angeles to San Francisco or Boston to New York”? Last I heard, there are these mountains in the way?
Just returned recently from my last vacation in Hawaii. I believe Hawaii is beautiful but the flights are torture. Never again. If you think the seats can’t get smaller, you’re probably wrong. Try being 6’3” and 285lb. Then think about using the bathroom. More Covid variants coming and planes full of coughing people and crying children. Trips just not worth it to me anymore.
Spruce Goose for the 21st century.
All of our Hawai’i airports are near the ocean. Could this plane take off and land with retractable wheels on an airport runway, and fly at low elevation above the ocean where it could then do its gliding thing? This would mean that we would not have to modify our harbors and create parking areas and add wharf facilities to the already congested harbors.