Posted on Jul 19, 2018
IAI chairman: A decade or two from now, piloted aircraft will be no more
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10 years or 20? Let's split the difference and call it 15...the year is 2033. Will there be no piloted aircraft anymore? I'm betting there WILL be piloted aircraft. My largest assurance of this is we're buying them now, they cost a LOT, and not all nations are as rich as the US. There will be piloted aircraft 4 decades from now. Because money.
IAI chairman: A decade or two from now, piloted aircraft will be no more
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I think you are right Col Leneherz, Economics will put the replacements off for much longer than 20 years,
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If I am flying on a plane I want someone controlling the plane who has a more personal interest in us making it there safely than some remote pilot would. The pilot might not be as interested in saving us as he is in saving himself but the pilot’s desire for self preservation works for everyone onboard.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
Not so much for planes whit passengers, but in the long run "wetware' support systems limit the performance of fighters and strike aircraft significantly.
A fighter that can pull 30 Gs eats anything with a human in it for lunch. Current aircraft can outperform their crews, Aircraft without the burden of crew can simply do things no manned aircraft a can do. G-limitations are far less restrictive in a machine and reflexes in a machine are measured in microseconds or less.
A fighter that can pull 30 Gs eats anything with a human in it for lunch. Current aircraft can outperform their crews, Aircraft without the burden of crew can simply do things no manned aircraft a can do. G-limitations are far less restrictive in a machine and reflexes in a machine are measured in microseconds or less.
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