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OpenAirplane: Find airplanes near you

37 pointsby webologyalmost 12 years ago

6 comments

atourgatesalmost 12 years ago
It looks like a neat idea, but it&#x27;s probably worth pointing out that they only have 6 providers in the country right now.<p>This might be a case where branding the launch as a beta could be a good thing, to manage expectations with users and mitigate the disappointment that will come with most of them find that there isn&#x27;t a provider near them.<p>EDIT: I&#x27;m an idiot, it says beta right there in the logo.
ShabbyDooalmost 12 years ago
I&#x27;m interested in finding planes leaving from Cleveland to Chicago on Sunday&#x2F;Monday and planes leaving from Chicago to Cleveland on Thursday or Friday. I&#x27;m flexible on airports. Furthermore, I don&#x27;t even mind a seat on the floor (with a harness&#x2F;seatbelt) -- I used to skydive a lot, so this seems like a reasonable and safe option. I know this isn&#x27;t the purpose of your app, but I&#x27;m hoping there are options like Blackjet out there except they don&#x27;t charge 5x the price of a Southwest flight. Ideally, I&#x27;d be happy to pay a private pilot in literal cash at the last minute for a seat on his plane. I&#x27;d win by getting to&#x2F;from Chicago w&#x2F;o fighting my way thru a major airport. They would win with up to $200 in their pockets for a flight they would be making anyway. Flying right seat would make it all the better :)
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TheAnimusalmost 12 years ago
Completely messed up here in IE9 <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;qa0lbbJ" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;qa0lbbJ</a>
coherentponyalmost 12 years ago
That landing page picture looks horrid. You need to replace that with one that&#x27;s higher resolution.
jedmeyersalmost 12 years ago
Awesome, just have to get my PPL first.
ianstallingsalmost 12 years ago
I hope FBOs and private renters start to use this service. Right now when searching for rentals I typically have to do a Google search for airports in the area and start digging further, usually ending up at a small website that hasn&#x27;t been updated in a while. This would be much better.