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Blue Bottle
7th Dec 2012, 14:34
Not sure the Future Pilot's will an exciting job now.........sitting in a cabin for a living !

Easy Jet anyone...

Black Hawk Helicopter Flies Autonomously (http://news.sky.com/story/1022126/black-hawk-helicopter-flies-autonomously)

SASless
7th Dec 2012, 15:31
They still need a Crewie to check the rear!

Herod
7th Dec 2012, 16:27
Wow, it came to the hover at 60 ft!! I was always taught that the last 60 ft are the ones that count. ;)

Hueymeister
7th Dec 2012, 17:32
I'll get my P45 then.....:sad::{

Temp Spike
7th Dec 2012, 20:14
Future pilot? Future pax are gonna HATE it!

TheWizard
7th Dec 2012, 22:15
That's not a clearing, it's a landing strip!! :E

Herod
8th Dec 2012, 16:29
Agreed, Wizard. Anything greater than the rotor diameter is just wasted space.

Basil
8th Dec 2012, 17:38
Anything greater than the rotor diameter is just wasted space.
As an RAF colleague once demonstrated to me in a Wessex (or was it a Whirlwind?). Thanks a lot, pal! I haven't forgotten! :* ;)