What really "killed" General Aviation

[Stan]

Stan,

Do you really think that cars will "go away" and the "obvious" replacement will be something that flys?

Hi Joe, yes cars will eventually " go away " as the primary mode of transportation just as the horse and carriage did when Ford made them obsolete in 1914. The environmental and cost benefit in eliminating roads and bridges is enormous. The estimated world population growth will demand the elimination of the car to prevent global gridlock on the ground. I envision that the major cities will have landing areas on the perimeter to lead to mass transportation in the city with no cars allowed. The aircraft will use the FAA's NextGen system for guidance to the high density areas. The whole process will be a natural progression to the air as more people purchase the aircraft to replace their car just as people switched from the horse and carriage to the auto.
The only question is affordability and that is only possible with mass production. I imagine that nobody in 1869 would have believed that a vehicle would be developed by 1969 that would have transported people to the moon.