Skip to comments.
Diagrams: Boeing patents anti-terrorism auto-land system for hijacked airliners
Flightglobal.com ^
| 01/12/2006
| John Croft
Posted on 12/01/2006 8:41:11 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-66 next last
To: Paleo Conservative
I'm thinking "RoboPilot". It doesn't conjure up happy thoughts as a passenger.
To: Paleo Conservative
I've been thinking an external control system for emergencies would be a good idea since Payne Stewart and his companions asphyxiated in flight, but could not be rescued until the plane crashed.
It might also be a way for someone who has gotten into real trouble in the mode of JFK, Jr. to avoid disaster.
There are also instances when the pilot is stricken ill, that such a system could save lives.
Eventually, Moeller's highway in the sky may be a necessity anyway, and all planes might need similar equipment.
22
posted on
12/01/2006 8:55:48 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(Some people reach their level of incompetence when doing household chores.)
To: CindyDawg
Are yall getting a security alert? It keeps popping up on my computer , when I open this thread.Yes.
23
posted on
12/01/2006 8:58:13 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
To: COEXERJ145
To: CindyDawg
Are yall getting a security alert? It keeps popping up on my computer , when I open this thread.Yes, I'm working on it.
25
posted on
12/01/2006 9:00:59 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
To: Paleo Conservative
26
posted on
12/01/2006 9:03:57 PM PST
by
COEXERJ145
(Just one day without polls would be nice.)
To: Paleo Conservative
27
posted on
12/01/2006 9:09:51 PM PST
by
kinoxi
To: COEXERJ145
Not only could the system go stupid and crash the planePlanes are fly by wire as it is so "go stupid" is already there. Double and triple redundant systems take care of the rest. It's not like we have steel cables going from the pilot to the wings, etc., any more.
28
posted on
12/01/2006 9:13:43 PM PST
by
69ConvertibleFirebird
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: Paleo Conservative
Getting a patent is one thing; implementing it to DO-178B Level A is quite another.
That sort of thing ain't cheap.
A couple of pistols in the cockpit and adequately trained pilots would be much more cost-effective.
29
posted on
12/01/2006 9:20:11 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
I know how fly-by-wire works.
What this is talking about is a single system to take total control over the aircraft.
30
posted on
12/01/2006 9:20:46 PM PST
by
COEXERJ145
(Just one day without polls would be nice.)
To: Man50D
I volunteer to sit next to it! It's probably the safest seat on the plane!
To: Paleo Conservative
Good idea. Thanks, Boeing.
32
posted on
12/01/2006 9:22:34 PM PST
by
Silly
(Still being... Silly)
To: Man50D
I'll bet her name is Hillary. The brindle pantsuit is a dead giveaway.
33
posted on
12/01/2006 9:26:48 PM PST
by
kylaka
To: Man50D
34
posted on
12/01/2006 9:28:16 PM PST
by
perfect stranger
(Tagline tomorrow, tagline yesterday, but no tagline today.)
To: Paleo Conservative
What's with the islamic symbol in the diagrams?
35
posted on
12/01/2006 9:32:35 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: perfect stranger
You just made me very hungry.
I didn't get my Thanksgiving ham this year and am one very grumpy lobster, but I plan to remedy that this Christmas.
It's good to be an infidel. =-)
36
posted on
12/01/2006 9:38:41 PM PST
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Mohammedism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
To: Moonman62
That half moon is the electronic schematic symbol for some type of logic gate.
It's been a while since my classes though and I can't tell what sort exactly.
Some times a cigar is just a cigar.
37
posted on
12/01/2006 9:41:08 PM PST
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Mohammedism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
To: CindyDawg
38
posted on
12/01/2006 9:44:34 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
To: Paleo Conservative
I think the idea is okay but the execution would have to many unknown consequences.
I think the system they have developed now (which really mostly an integration of several dormant systems) is plenty good, with the F16's to shoot down being the very last part to the terrorist denial system.
39
posted on
12/01/2006 9:52:44 PM PST
by
RunningWolf
(2-1 Cav 1975)
To: COEXERJ145
Bad idea as far as I'm concerned. Not only could the system go stupid and crash the plane but just watch what would happen if terrorists or a hostile foreign government managed to figure out to manipulate the system.I agree.....I'll take a pilot armed, and with an additional ability to dump a sleeping gas into the passenger compartment.
Nighty, night, Jihadist.......you've just arrived in Guantanomo Bay.
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-66 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
