Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electric aircraft [video]

Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday June 12, 2022 @12:59PM (#31716039)

> can’t fly helicopters over SF or Manhattan

Both cities have plenty of potential even with overland banned. New York has a thriving helicopter business between boroughs, up and down both sides of Long Island and to and from the airports. The Bay Area isn’t similarly knitted together, but there is no good argument for not having an electric hop from e.g. Mountain View to SFO.

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Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by woodruffw on Sunday June 12, 2022 @05:24PM (#31718423)

Worth noting that the "thriving" helicopter business is uniformly disliked by residents, due to noise pollution[1].

[1]: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections...

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Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by CoastalCoder on Sunday June 12, 2022 @01:34PM (#31716418)

Can someone comment on why the parent would be (as of this writing) downvoted?

I'm wondering if there's some context I'm missing.

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Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by hef19898 on Sunday June 12, 2022 @04:05PM (#31717787)

Best guess? Because the helicopter restrictions have nothing to do with 9/11.

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