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Re:Aeromobil: Roadable aircraft by sunfly on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @12:45PM (#6445659)
Anything built dual purpose is heavily compromised (win 8). The appeal is that most airports do not have ground transportation. Not even a taxi. You are usually arranging a private party to pick you up, or hoping the one worn out police car the town leaves at the airport for public use is still there. You are correct though, unless they can get the price down, they will not sell in volume.
Re:Aeromobil: Roadable aircraft by mikeash on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @01:00PM (#6445743)
How often are people flying into airports that don't even have taxis around? Even if you are, will you really save time versus flying a faster pure airplane into a larger airport nearby and then driving a rented car from there?
Re:Aeromobil: Roadable aircraft by pdelbarba on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @09:44PM (#6448426)
Just do a search for nearby airfields. In most places, they are actually surprisingly common http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_Los_Ang...
Re:Aeromobil: Roadable aircraft by mikeash on Thursday September 26, 2013 @10:41AM (#6451055)
Of course, but how many of those can't get a taxi?