Pilotless airplanes. Would you fly in one?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I'm thinking that in the future, winning a WoW competition could very well be rewarded with a commercial pilot's license.

I've always wanted to learn how to fly a plane, into this:

[FBM]

I'm thinking that in the future, winning a WoW competition could very well be rewarded with a commercial pilot's license.

I've always wanted to learn how to fly a plane, into this:

Don't be silly. You don't fly a plane into that sort of thing, you fly a plane over it and drop devices onto it. I thought you would have learned that by now. :twisted:


Edit:

Bless their peace-loving hearts.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

But, but, but... the virgins!!!!

[Svartalf]

That's a scribal error, actually, the original revelation said Virginians.

I hear Washington and Jefferson were among Osama's allotment.

[FBM]

But, but, but... the virgins!!!!

Over-rated. They just lie there.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

But, but, but... the virgins!!!!

Over-rated. They just lie there.

My limited experience with virgins was enough to make me avoid them. There was only one time I willingly took a virgin to bed, and that was a favor.

[FBM]

But, but, but... the virgins!!!!

Over-rated. They just lie there.

My limited experience with virgins was enough to make me avoid them. There was only one time I willingly took a virgin to bed, and that was a favor.

Never found a one that knew anything about flying an airplane from the ground, either.


Alright, so roughly half the respondents would fly in an airplane in which there is no pilot. Extrapolating ridiculously, that means half of Ratzians are out of their fucking minds.



















Mind you, I also voted thusly.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I landed on a carrier in a full gale while sitting within inches of 500 gallons of liquid oxygen. Flying in a plane with a robot in charge would be

[Warren Dew]

I'd have no problem flying on a plane with a sufficiently sophisticated autopilot and no human pilot.

No way I'd fly in a remotely piloted airplane. If there's a human pilot, I want his life to be at stake too if there's a crash.

[FBM]

I'd have no problem flying on a plane with a sufficiently sophisticated autopilot and no human pilot.

No way I'd fly in a remotely piloted airplane. If there's a human pilot, I want his life to be at stake too if there's a crash.

Doesn't look like it would've made much difference here: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/28/trave ... ?hpt=hp_t3

But of course, that sort of thing is very rare...

[laklak]

We already do fly in "pilotless" aircraft. I was on a South African Airways flight a few years ago and the landing was a bit bumpy, the pilot came on and apologized, saying they were testing the autopilot and no human had touched the controls since we took off. So yeah, I would, as long as it wasn't running Windows.

On another note, I'm taking a ride on this today:



It's a 1929 Ford Tri-Motor "Tin Goose" from the Experimental Aircraft Association. It's touring Florida and is at the Sarasota airport now, a ride costs $80. It most definitely has a pilot.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Fokker or Ford?

[klr]

Fokker or Ford?

The serial no. (via Google) says it's a Ford, as does the distinctive fin/rudder.

EDIT: As does LakLak ...

[laklak]

Ford, number 146 of 200 produced and the last airworthy one left. Pretty cool opportunity.

EDIT I shall be snapping and posting pics. Should take off right over my house, I've been watching it that last two days. It's a noisy bitch.

[klr]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopilot#First_autopilots

... In 1947 a US Air Force C-54 made a transatlantic flight, including take-off and landing, completely under the control of an autopilot.

One assumes there was a crew on board, "just in case".