Re: [Aus-soaring] Would you fly on a pilotless plane?

2014-09-22 Thread Justin Couch
On 22/09/2014 3:47 pm, Texler, Michael wrote: There has been recent press/hype about hack-ability of new cars that use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Media beat-up, panic or some merit? (http://au.pcmag.com/opinion/23312/security-experts-identify-20-most-hackable-cars) Well, certainly makes stealing

Re: [Aus-soaring] Would you fly on a pilotless plane?

2014-09-22 Thread Peter Champness
The stats were interesting. Pilot error is the leading cause of airliner accidents, greater than all other causes combined. However maybe we still want a pilot there. Sometimes they manage the right response when all else fails. On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Nelson Handcock

Re: [Aus-soaring] Would you fly on a pilotless plane?

2014-09-22 Thread Anthony Smith
It starts to sound like the old joke of the modern airliner only having a pilot and a dog in the cockpit. The pilots job is to feed the dog. The dog is there to bite the pilot if he tries to touch the controls. From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net

Re: [Aus-soaring] Would you fly on a pilotless plane?

2014-09-22 Thread Matthew Scutter
That's self defeating, what about all the times the pilot has done something wrong a computer would have handled fine? It's just a matter of time... Self flying planes should be a much simpler problem than self driving cars/buses/trucks. ___ Aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] Would you fly on a pilotless plane?

2014-09-22 Thread Ross McLean
Has anyone else read QF32 by Richard de Crespigny? Might change your mind about the pilot and dog theory... ROSS _ ___ Aus-soaring mailing list

[Aus-soaring] Fw: DG Flugzeugbau - Newsletter No. 175

2014-09-22 Thread Tom Jane Gilbert
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[Aus-soaring] Press - Morning Glory season 2014

2014-09-22 Thread Nelson Handcock
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-23/morning-glory-clouds-roll-in-over-northern-australia/5762388 Thanks Regards, Nelson Handcock 0409 149919 http://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonhandcockaustralia ___ Aus-soaring mailing list

Re: [Aus-soaring] Press - Morning Glory season 2014

2014-09-22 Thread Laurie Hoffman
For anyone interested in further information on the Morning Glory check out Rob Thompson's website for met info... http://www.morninggloryaustralia.com/ and the GFA Ops Safety Bulletin published last year 'Flying The Morning Glory'