Legal Commentary

American ingenuity

By Tom Kirkendall

It's not all bad news out there on the business front.

Over this past holiday weekend, Cirrus Design Corporation successfully completed the first 45-minute flight of the company's innovative "The-Jet" (H/T James Fallows), which is a five-plus-two seat aircraft that many in the aviation industry believe is destined to ignite a revolution in general aviation. Aimed at the market of owner-pilots, The-Jet is simple to fly and includes an efficient single-jet operation in an aircraft that is more flexible than larger and far more expensive aircraft. AVWeb has more pictures of The-Jet's first flight here.

Ready to hail that air taxi yet?

Full post as published by Houston's Clear Thinkers on July 07, 2008 (boomark / email).