Uber Apache Helicopter option

Uber has experimented with all types of car, bikes, scooters, and even briefly tried a helicopter option in New York back in 2019. Coming from the perspective of someone who’s never been in a helicopter, the idea of jumping into one via Uber is hard to wrap my head around.

Obviously, the helicopters they used are what traditionally hyper wealthy people use like in the show Succession. Most people would never be able to afford this, but if you had money, it’s possible.

Pushing this a step further, what if it was possible to call an Apache Helicopter equipped with Hellfire missiles via Uber? For those who might be unfamiliar, these helicopters were introduced into the US military in the 1980's and remain in circulation today (though the technology has been updated).

Now, a random person shouldn’t be able to access weapons of destruction on demand, but there is definitely some weird form of tourism where people would really want a chance to ride in one. It’s similar to the experiences where you can drive a Ferrari on a racetrack in Vegas. It could be quite fun.

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