That's not what I recall.

Doctor Grant, a Gov't. employee, played by Kurt Russell did in fact land the 747 - whatever system you're describing was not employed. It was quite a feat, if you haven't watched the movie, you might want to. Doctor Grant saved the day!

A friend of mine was once a helicopter tech/mechanic/designer. One day he was told to install a system in a medium sized ship like the Coast Guard flies but no one would tell him what it was for. This was in the late 80's.

So he did, and it took about a week. Lots of wires, servos, black boxes and then another person came in and tested it. Neither of them were to speak to each other and all of it was Top Secret. He could tell from the positions of the servos that it had something to do with the operation but he could not tell how.

Then one day he was told they were going for a test flight. He was going along in case anything went wrong, but since he did not know what was supposed to go right he wondered what he was there for.

They lifted off from the Dallas area, hovered a bit, and then the Pilot punched some numbers into a keypad and the ship started moving. It flew to New Orleans and landed on the roof of a building. The Pilot sat there the entire flight and never touched a thing.

So it can be done. But even with such systems I don't ever see the FAA allowing aircraft to be flown without a Pilot somewhere in the mix. A drone might come close, but I am sure someone somewhere would still be in control.

Funny, back when Obama said that corporate jet owners should pay more taxes, many on this forum supported his position. Personally, I was astounded at the number of posts by members of this forum that stated that NOBODY needs an aircraft.

Apparently, according to some forum members, a corporate aircraft serves no useful purpose.......

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Of course there were many that supported the position Husky. There are many tax and spend lefty loonies around. Their view is that those who earn the money have no right to keep it. The people earning the money are supposed let the government take it away from them, because the government knows much better what to do with it than does the person that WORKED AND EARNED IT.

figures..... Post something I find interesting and it devolves into politics. Mod. Please close this.... I will think again before posting anything again....

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It is amazing how it happens isn't it.

Give it another year and watch what starts to happen.

Post closed as requested.

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