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Last Sky Commuter For Sale On eBay

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-waiting dept.

DeltaV900 writes to alert us to an auction on eBay of the last Sky Commuter concept car. About 7 hours remain in the auction and the top bid at this writing is $55,100. The seller (with some help from posters in the auction forum) makes clear that the thing won't actually fly, and in fact never did. Other Sky Commuters may have hovered. This one traveled around to air shows and trade fairs.

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  1. Re:I can remember... by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    All those requirements on pilots are there to keep the membership exclusive - none of them are necessary. The vast majority of pilots today don't even fly the damn plan, the ground controllers do. Watch "Air Crash Investigations" sometime.. it's all about instructing the computer to follow pre-programmed flight routes. Just like driving a train, you could replace all the "pilots" with automated systems tomorrow and it wouldn't require a bit of new technology.

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