Larry Page is pouring millions into flying cars

Re:Larry Page is pouring millions into flying cars by ohyoutravel on Friday December 30, 2016 @05:36PM (#13288093)

I am not a pilot, but have talked extensively with them and we have some planes in the family. MUCH better to autorotate land a helicopter than to glide land a plane, for a myriad of reasons. Autorotating heli landings result in a bit of a rougher bump upon landing, but otherwise are no big deal. Crash landing a plane is obviously different and results in destroying the aircraft and, likely, people inside.

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Re:Larry Page is pouring millions into flying cars by nether on Friday December 30, 2016 @05:40PM (#13288121)

Yeah, I was an aerospace engineer at a helicopter company for eight years. They practiced autorotation landings (full engine shut off) every day, outside my office. They were non-events.

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