REFLECTOR: NASA SATS Demonstration

John Dibble aminetech at bluefrog.com
Tue Mar 22 18:23:23 CST 2005



Jack Sheehan wrote:

> Dear velocity Owners
>
>
> In my real job I work with NASA and the FAA on the future
> technologies and procedures that will enable a Small Aircraft
> Transportation System SATS) in this country. That is the ability to
> have on-demand point-to-point transportation using small aircraft and
> small airports. Yeah I know that is something we already do. In this
> case we are trying to make it so that the other 99.5% of the
> population could also do it at somewhere a reasonable cost.

What is the basis for this concept?  Teaching everyone how to fly?  training new
commercial pilots?  or will the existing private pilot pool be utilized?

John




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