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"Self-flying planes" have become ubiquitous for a long time and we are still seeing pilots in every plane!
by dear 14y ago
"Self-flying planes" have become ubiquitous for a long time and we are still seeing pilots in every plane!
- byoung2 14y agoAutopilot is still limited, and pilots still have to takeoff and land manually, and intervene in the event of turbulence, etc. As AI improves, we'll see a completely automated flight eventually. One afternoon last fall at Fort Benning, Ga., two model-size planes took off, climbed to 800 and 1,000 feet, and began criss-crossing the military base in search of an orange, green and blue tarp. The automated, unpiloted planes worked on their own, with no human guidance, no hand on any control. http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-09-19/national/35273383_1_drones-human-target-military-base http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-09-19/national/35273...
- Someone 14y ago"pilots still have to takeoff and land manually" Do they? I remember a landing 15 years ago or so where the pilot announced "there's fog, so we had to land on automatic" (that was fog as in 'looking down onto a cloud deck, while taxiing')