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Re:The potentially revolutionary Celera 500L aircraft by qzw on Thursday August 27, 2020 @01:55AM (#24290539)
$5k plus pilots (I’d want two for a transatlantic flight). And you’d still be stuck inside a very small space for 12 hours, with what’s likely to be a porta-potty level lavatory and minimalist galley. Oh, and a single piston engine, which is less reliable than turbines, over a lot of very cold water. Not sure that would be the best use case for this plane.
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Re:The potentially revolutionary Celera 500L aircraft by dzhiurgis on Thursday August 27, 2020 @08:43AM (#24293069)
Plus airports, airspace, immigration, depreciation, insurance. So more like 20k.
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Re:The potentially revolutionary Celera 500L aircraft by aidenn0 on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:05PM (#24295033)
12 hours transatlantic is probably worse than coach (or premium coach at least) transatlantic in 7 hours for most cases.

With these specs (which are completely fictional at this point), it's the size and cost of a light-jet with the speed and range of a mid-sized jet, which is a under-served niche with the increasing numbers of people in the "very wealthy, but not quite embarassingly wealthy"

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Re:The potentially revolutionary Celera 500L aircraft by anovikov on Thursday August 27, 2020 @02:37AM (#24290710)
Well, the size of aircraft certainly allows for fully enclosed, proper lavatory. CJ3 used for size comparison, has one.
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Re:The potentially revolutionary Celera 500L aircraft by nradov on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:42PM (#24295507)
The single engine is a concern.

Something like Garmin Autonomí might eventually allow for single pilot flights while maintaining a reasonable level of safety.

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/autonomi/

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Re:The potentially revolutionary Celera 500L aircraft by kristopolous on Thursday August 27, 2020 @06:59AM (#24292349)
Everything deserves to have a Version 1.0

I have high hopes for the future efforts

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