My proposal is that we should advocate passenger travel using dragons (like the one in Shrek) instead of winged metal tubes dashing through the skies. We would fit dragons with a basket (like the one in balloons) or for more thrills, we can embark passengers on large saddles mounted on the dragons’ backs. I am very serious about this.
Here are the top 10 reasons why flying a dragon is better than flying in a plane:- Dragons are environmentally friendly
- Dragons can do vertical take-off and landing
- One travel company’s flying dragons can use their fiery breaths to scare the Bejeesus out of the competition
- Dragons can refuel in mid-air by snatching clueless birds
- Dragons can travel to and from 3rd world countries that can’t afford air strips
- Dragons can land in rich Lilliputian nations that don’t have space for an air strip
- Dragons don’t need washing – they fly below the cloud layer anyway
- Compared to airplanes, dragons generate insignificant noise pollution
- And no sonic boom either
- Thanks to their lack of reliance on jet fuel, it is rather futile to hijack dragons into tall buildings.
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