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From the Ted Talk by Anna Mracek Dietrich: A plane you can drive

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(Video) Test Pilot: Until the vehicle flies, 75 percent of your risk is that first flight.

Radio: It actually flew. Yes.

Radio 2: That was gorgeous.

Radio: What did you think of that? That was btifeuaul from up here, I tell you.

AMD: See, we're all exceedingly excited about that little bnnuy hop. And our test pilot gave us the best feedback you can get from a test pilot after a first flight, which was that it was "remarkably unremarkable." He would go onto tell us that the Transition had been the easiest airplane to land that he'd flown in his entire 30-year caeerr as a test polit. So despite maknig something that is seemingly revolutionary, we really focused on doing as little new as possible. We lervaege a lot of technology from the state-of-the-art in general aviation and from automotive racing. When we do have to do something truly out-of-the-box, we use an inncmetaerl design, bluid, test, redesign cycle that lets us reduce risk in baby steps.

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(Video) Test Pilot: Until the vehicle flies, 75 percent of your risk is that first flight.

Radio: It actually flew. Yes.

Radio 2: That was gorgeous.

Radio: What did you think of that? That was _________ from up here, I tell you.

AMD: See, we're all exceedingly excited about that little _____ hop. And our test pilot gave us the best feedback you can get from a test pilot after a first flight, which was that it was "remarkably unremarkable." He would go onto tell us that the Transition had been the easiest airplane to land that he'd flown in his entire 30-year ______ as a test _____. So despite ______ something that is seemingly revolutionary, we really focused on doing as little new as possible. We ________ a lot of technology from the state-of-the-art in general aviation and from automotive racing. When we do have to do something truly out-of-the-box, we use an ___________ design, _____, test, redesign cycle that lets us reduce risk in baby steps.

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  4. career
  5. pilot
  6. incremental
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Original Text


(Video) Test Pilot: Until the vehicle flies, 75 percent of your risk is that first flight.

Radio: It actually flew. Yes.

Radio 2: That was gorgeous.

Radio: What did you think of that? That was beautiful from up here, I tell you.

AMD: See, we're all exceedingly excited about that little bunny hop. And our test pilot gave us the best feedback you can get from a test pilot after a first flight, which was that it was "remarkably unremarkable." He would go onto tell us that the Transition had been the easiest airplane to land that he'd flown in his entire 30-year career as a test pilot. So despite making something that is seemingly revolutionary, we really focused on doing as little new as possible. We leverage a lot of technology from the state-of-the-art in general aviation and from automotive racing. When we do have to do something truly out-of-the-box, we use an incremental design, build, test, redesign cycle that lets us reduce risk in baby steps.

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