[ExI] Xwing developing autonomous flight technology

[SR Ballard]

Very cool! This might help pilot shortages and eliminate some forms of logistical difficulty in the future. 

SR Ballard

> On Sep 26, 2021, at 9:23 AM, BillK via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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