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How OpenAirplane aims to make it easy to rent and fly a plane
Pilots Rod Rakic and Adam Fast wanted to fly more, but they could never find an easy way to access a machine to fly. So in 2011 they created OpenAirplane — an online portal linking licensed pilots to places with planes to rent. (bluesky.chicagotribune.com) さらに...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I don't even care about logging hours - I love to fly and I want more experience. I was thinking about trying to develop an app linking up guys like me who do not have a ride who would love to navigate/copilot for experineced pilots who could use the help or who like to mentor.
Yeah....that would be a great app. Aviation equivalent to Zipcar or Uber. Where you located? If in DFW area you could occupy my right seat on occasion, providing your not a mass murder or anything like that. :)
Nice concept...they're even planes available in "the valley" not too far from Anchorage..you might try and see if you can entice one of the FBO's at Merrill Field near downtown Anchorage...
I like this. Hope it becomes the Hertz of aviation.
actually at one point in the late 50s , Hertz was the Hertz of aviation...
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1958/07/26/1958_07_26_017_TNY_CARDS_000258625
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1958/07/26/1958_07_26_017_TNY_CARDS_000258625
http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/accidents/nashville-cessna-172-crash-pilot-was-legally-drunk
And here's a quote from the NTSB Review of Civil Aviation Accidents 2010 (the most recent I could find):
"The majority of general aviation accidents in 2010 involved personal flying in fixed-wing airplanes, which accounted for 64 percent (912) of the accidents, followed by flight instruction in fixed-wing airplanes, which accounted for 10 percent (140) of the accidents. Aerial application, business, and public aircraft operations followed next in accident frequency in 2010. Fixed-wing airplanes accounted for 87 percent (1,242) of all general aviation accidents, helicopters accounted for 8 percent (120), and all other aircraft accounted for the remaining 5 percent (71)."
How many stories posted on this website involve private planes hitting houses, businesses, landing on highways? Lots. Renting planes will just increase these statistics. No thanks.