[ExI] Xwing developing autonomous flight technology

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Sun Sep 26 13:20:07 UTC 2021


XWING seeks FAA clearance for commercial remotely piloted flights
Charles Alcock  September 3, 2021

<https://www.futureflight.aero/news-brief/2021-09-03/xwing-seeks-faa-clearance-commercial-remotely-piloted-flights>
Quote:
In April, Xwing reported that it had conducted the first fully
autonomous gate-to-gate operation with the adapted Grand Caravan on a
non-commercial flight. The aircraft flew from its base at Buchanan
Field Airport in Concord, California, with the aircraft being remotely
monitored from its mission control center and with a pilot on board as
a backup.

The aircraft taxied from the gate to the runway, took off, and
subsequently landed and taxied back to the gate in a fully autonomous
operation. All interactions with air traffic controllers were
conducted by the ground-based pilot who monitored the flight via data
links with multiple redundancies.
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<https://www.businessinsider.com/self-flying-cessna-completes-fully-automated-flight-xwing-2021-4?r=US&IR=T>

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I've just seen an item about this plane flying by itself on BBC TV.
The reporter sat beside the monitoring pilot and seemed to be
impressed by the plane's capability. Even takeoff and landing were
done by the plane's systems.

BillK


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