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A major part of the expense of air travel is the take off and landing of the jet aircraft. It's incredibly inefficient and uses a lot of fuel.
For the vertical part of the travel, it's more efficient to use lighter-than-air-craft travel.
Then, once you rise up to a floating hangar, modern
jets will take your horizontally to your destination.
See the link for 'Airline Airlift'. There was some question about how exactly the jet-powered aircraft would capture the cabin that was lifted by the balloon. This a possible solution to that question.
Simla
http://www.halfbake..._20flight_20carrier
[DrCurry, Oct 04 2004]
Link explains more
http://www.halfbake.../Airline_20Air-lift
Explains more the vertical part of the transportation. [lawpoop, Oct 04 2004]
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I think this was tried before, but was poorly recieved. Pilots would need lots more training to get this accomplished. |
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