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Re:The giant hangar poised for an aviation revolution by murderfs on Monday June 27, 2022 @03:46AM (#31891696)
I'd guess that they're targeting transoceanic freight. A flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles takes ~12 hours, and a cargo ship takes ~30 days. That's a huge gap that could be filled by an intermediate option.
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Re:The giant hangar poised for an aviation revolution by nradov on Monday June 27, 2022 @02:02PM (#31898275)
Boundary Layer Technologies (a Y Combinator portfolio company) is trying to fill that intermediate option with small hydrofoil cargo ships. The basic design can probably work, but it's not clear whether a viable market actually exists.

https://www.boundarylayer.tech/

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