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Dog flying aircraft
British documentary makers are trying to prove if a DOG could fly a plane | Daily Mail Online
Another ridiculous claim or experiment
I know our canine friends have many skills we don't especially with sense of smell and guiding the blind but flying an aircraft?
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Another ridiculous claim or experiment
I know our canine friends have many skills we don't especially with sense of smell and guiding the blind but flying an aircraft?
This is your Captain speaking " woof woof " ))
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Future aircraft will only need a dog and a pilot.
The dog to bite the pilot if s/he tries to touch the controls, the pilot to feed the dog!
Gosh, weather's wruff today!
The dog to bite the pilot if s/he tries to touch the controls, the pilot to feed the dog!
Gosh, weather's wruff today!
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Apparently they are not capable of landing or taking off 
With the Lubitz crash i could see a role for a dog trained to monitor pilot behaviour and even sense or smell body changes which could cause alarm as to the intent of that pilot.
A sharp nip if you touch the wrong controls
at the wrong time
As for dealing with ATC woofs for morse code
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With the Lubitz crash i could see a role for a dog trained to monitor pilot behaviour and even sense or smell body changes which could cause alarm as to the intent of that pilot.
A sharp nip if you touch the wrong controls
at the wrong time As for dealing with ATC woofs for morse code
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It will all go just fine, with a dog at the controls of an aircraft - until the dog spots a cat or rabbit zipping past!! About then, there will need to be some kind of backup.
Probably a loud emergency voice message along the lines of, "ROVER!! GET BACK HERE!!"
Probably a loud emergency voice message along the lines of, "ROVER!! GET BACK HERE!!"
...and when the dog is shown to be a better pilot than the average PPL, then what?
Unfortunately once more than one dog is flying at a time, the result will be predictable:
Unfortunately once more than one dog is flying at a time, the result will be predictable:
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Forget dogs wasn't the top plane flown by a male pilot and the other a female pilot
Nothing but problems Dogs or Human accept dogs go on their merry way men start in the top plane but end up in the bottom one and get sc???? All because they cannot resist being top dog )
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Nothing but problems Dogs or Human accept dogs go on their merry way men start in the top plane but end up in the bottom one and get sc???? All because they cannot resist being top dog )
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Don't be daft, how's a cat or a rabbit going to get off the ground!
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This really takes the biscuit.
I think they will end up digging a big hole for themselves.
I think the authorities should take a lead and collar those involved.
I think they will end up digging a big hole for themselves.
I think the authorities should take a lead and collar those involved.
And don't forget the Bulldog; the Scottish Aviation Bulldog. Not that it flies itself as it does not have an autopilot.
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I would have expected a few flying instructors to have remarked by now that it would be easier to teach dogs than humans to fly, given that they do sometimes do what they are told, are a more predictable and display more aptitude for flying than most students they have trained.
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I failed to see mentioned anywhere in the article, nor in the proposed documentary methods of dog testing, the wording, "a lack of opposed thumbs" - being a somewhat crucial factor in the test. 
Dogs have used this excuse to get out of work, get out of taking up jobs, and get out of taking up flying aircraft, for tens of thousands of years.
Dogs have used this excuse to get out of work, get out of taking up jobs, and get out of taking up flying aircraft, for tens of thousands of years.
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Well, if a dog can fly a helicopter it should be easy to fly a plane ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY84Ke3UYi0
coldair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY84Ke3UYi0
coldair
