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Technology Advances (not G1000-related)

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This is a good example of where flight can and should be going: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news ... ils/35556/

They used a pretty straightforward IR/visible light computer vision system to put the airplane down exactly the way it should be. No ground-based systems (other than the pavement itself). It is interesting that they must have interfaced with the G1000 on some level in order to work with / release the autopilot in the landing stages.

I've been so knee-deep in various computer vision projects recently (after many decades in the space) that I am reasonably sure that one could do an app on a current Android or iOS device to guide a passenger on how to land a single or twin in daylight after pilot incapacitation. Wouldn't even be that hard technically. The user experience (would have to hold up the phone, etc.) would be difficult to work through.

Certainly brings new meaning to learning how to fly.
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I just saw an ad from Garmin about their Autoland feature on the G3000 today. The ad featured a Meridian with auto throttles, but I"m not sure how they did autobrakes.

http://t.email.garmin.com/r/?id=h28e3e4 ... MCJT-26608
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