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Old 5th Apr 2013, 18:34
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Get over it.

Some time back (late 90s) I sufferd one of those intriguing courses that AWC held. It was called ABSC and, without doubt, was one of the best aviation related, European drinking tours I ever went on.

Cutting to the chase, we observed a number of agencies working hard at UCAVs etc and there was some mightily impressive stuff in the pipeline. If we are still spending big-bucks on new combat aircraft in 20-30 years, I predict we will not be wasting money and payload space for a seat and some rather high tech life support.

Whether we like it or not, the role of the steely eyed fighter pilot is diminishing.
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