Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2017/10/05/the-worlds-shortest-commerci.html
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I was on a flight from Madison Wisconsin to Chicago that quite literally spent more time taxiing in O’Hare after landing than in the air.
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They should install a trebuchet
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The DFW to Austin flight is much like that.
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They may be slow, but the north island ferries don’t seem so bad when you can take your vehicle with you.
http://www.orkneyferries.co.uk/fares.php
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There is some disagreement about the shortest flight
The Kegata to Apowo in Papua is very short as well. The flight on youtube is about 50 seconds long.
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Call it a HyperBucket and Elon Musk is in.
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charges approximately £21 one-way ($28) for the service.
And yet, Mnuchin and Tom Price charter private jets for the same trip. For security.
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The quickness of the flight is offset by the airport’s suggestion that you arrive two hours before your flight departs. 
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After their last hijacking that required a harrowing 15 minute flight to the next county over, can you blame them?
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Given that the flight is a mere 80 seconds long, I was a bit disappointed they didn’t actually include footage of the entire journey in the clip.
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The hops that save days of arduous foot travel seem like the most defensible. The ones based on bureaucratic rules? Ugh. Build a train. Use buses.
Airline travel is morally dubious in the age of global warming.
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Strong headwinds. Flight took 92 seconds. Missed my appointment on Papa Westray. Would not fly again.
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This just jogged my memory about the kid with the paraglider who flew to McDonald’s. This seems like the perfect application, as long as winds are low.
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How much traffic is there on the flights?
Depending on the winds, could it be replaced by a lawn chair and some helium balloons?
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Agreed. I forget where the layover was, but I flew a prop place a half hour across Lake Erie to Toronto once.
Lemme tell you, the long way around in a car is a lot less fun.
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