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A comment on Boeing’s Flying Car Has Taken Off. Parent comment

Re:Boeing’s Flying Car Has Taken Off by andyidsinga on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:17PM (#18980886)
This is an interesting idea - and sailplanes can carry a lot more than 2 people :) ex. Waco CG-4 .

That said, they were also nick named "flying coffins".

re: winch tow - when I was an Air Cadet in canada as a teen, we used to fly in schweizer 2-33's and occasionally went up on the winch - it was absolutely exhilarating!

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Re:Boeing’s Flying Car Has Taken Off by Robotbeat on Thursday January 24, 2019 @01:14AM (#18986393)
That's a glider, but not really a sailplane...

...I've flown a 2-33. It's not much better than the Waco! :)

Unfortunately, I haven't flown it with a winch.

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