Which follows on this
positive update and some earlier
sobering news.
1) Another company covering a lot of territory with propeller-driven Cirrus SR-22 airplanes is
Midwest Air Taxi, which is based in Iowa and says it serves 450+ airports in the sizeable area below:
2) As several readers have reminded me, for decades passengers in the Pacific Northwest, Florida, Maine, and a few other lucky, watery places have been familiar with a form of air taxi known as float-plane travel. One of the best-known companies is
Kenmore Air, in Seattle -- known in particular to me because I took seaplane lessons at Kenmore in the late 1990s. There are few more enjoyable forms of flying for the pilot -- you go low and slow over interesting scenery, you usually get to land straight into the wind -- and where the topography allows it, it's a great way to travel too.
Thanks to Tom Brandt and Hillel Schwartz.
Read the complete post at http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/12/by_popular_demand_more_positiv.php
Posted
3 Dec 2008 13:08
by
James Fallows