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Perhaps these pilots were "Children of the Magenta"[1] ? These AA instructional videos by Captain Vanderburgh are fascinating - even to a non-pilot like myself

by rsync 3y ago

Perhaps these pilots were "Children of the Magenta"[1] ? These AA instructional videos by Captain Vanderburgh are fascinating - even to a non-pilot like myself. They are especially relevant as we dip our toes into automobile auto-pilot and the "automation dependency" that comes along with it. Of particular note in this video: @ 12:30: "... tactily connected to the airplane ..." @ 14:15: "... we see automation dependent crews, lacking confidence in their own ability to fly an airplane are turning to ther autopilot ..." @ 17:35 - 18:15: (just listen) [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESJH1NLMLs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESJH1NLMLs

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venusenvy47 3y ago
Just FYI, Admiral Cloudberg has an article titled "Children of the Magenta", but it is related to a specific AA 965 crash in 1995. https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/children-of-the-magenta-the-crash-of-american-airlines-flight-965-b16f57c34cfe https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/children-of-the-magenta-...
matheusmoreira 3y ago
Autopilot, automation, algorithms, safeties, guarantees, envelopes... Illusions, gone at the first sign of trouble. I easily get used to such technological comforts and it is deeply traumatizing when they're talking away. The badassery men are capable of when they accept this and drive instead of allowing themselves to be driven is the stuff of legends. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Cooper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Cooper > Cooper lost all attitude readings. > [a short-circuit] left the automatic stabilization and control system without electric power. > Cooper noted that the carbon dioxide level was rising in the cabin and in his spacesuit. > "Things are beginning to stack up a little." > Turning to his understanding of star patterns, Cooper took manual control of the tiny capsule and successfully estimated the correct pitch for re-entry into the atmosphere. > Cooper drew lines on the capsule window to help him check his orientation before firing the re-entry rockets. > "So I used my wrist watch for time," he later recalled, "my eyeballs out the window for attitude." > "Then I fired my retrorockets at the right time and landed right by the carrier."

by rsync 3y ago

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venusenvy47 3y ago

Just FYI, Admiral Cloudberg has an article titled "Children of the Magenta", but it is related to a specific AA 965 crash in 1995. https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/children-of-the-magenta-the-crash-of-american-airlines-flight-965-b16f57c34cfe https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/children-of-the-magenta-...

matheusmoreira 3y ago

Autopilot, automation, algorithms, safeties, guarantees, envelopes... Illusions, gone at the first sign of trouble. I easily get used to such technological comforts and it is deeply traumatizing when they're talking away. The badassery men are capable of when they accept this and drive instead of allowing themselves to be driven is the stuff of legends. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Cooper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Cooper > Cooper lost all attitude readings. > [a short-circuit] left the automatic stabilization and control system without electric power. > Cooper noted that the carbon dioxide level was rising in the cabin and in his spacesuit. > "Things are beginning to stack up a little." > Turning to his understanding of star patterns, Cooper took manual control of the tiny capsule and successfully estimated the correct pitch for re-entry into the atmosphere. > Cooper drew lines on the capsule window to help him check his orientation before firing the re-entry rockets. > "So I used my wrist watch for time," he later recalled, "my eyeballs out the window for attitude." > "Then I fired my retrorockets at the right time and landed right by the carrier."