So what strikes me as more interesting is the potential for this as an alternative to conventional ferries and cargo runs for short haul stuff or vs trains up and down the coasts.
A miami-bahamas GEV plane could make the trip in 20 minutes vs 2 hours for a "high speed" catamaran ferry. But if you used it to ferry cargo from Miami - DC (traditional flight is 2.5 hours) but you could shuttle cargo in 4 hours perhaps (though i'm sure much more expensive than traditional cargo ships) but faster than the 12-18 hours a train takes or a truck takes.
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So what strikes me as more interesting is the potential for this as an alternative to conventional ferries and cargo runs for short haul stuff or vs trains up and down the coasts.
A miami-bahamas GEV plane could make the trip in 20 minutes vs 2 hours for a "high speed" catamaran ferry. But if you used it to ferry cargo from Miami - DC (traditional flight is 2.5 hours) but you could shuttle cargo in 4 hours perhaps (though i'm sure much more expensive than traditional cargo ships) but faster than the 12-18 hours a train takes or a truck takes.