a425couple wrote:
In 1972 they were working on automated carrier landings.
What is current status?

Coupled landings are still possible but not common--the pilots
hate them for a number of reasons, and in truth there is little
motivation or incentive to do them except in extreme need--every
pass you automate is one less practice pass for you, the driver,
and someday, when you most need it, the system will go down at
one end of the link or the other, leaving you with the options
you've always had--land the damned thing by hand, or, if you can,
bingo to the beach. Option b) is sometimes just not possible.


Jeff
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The problem with the gene pool is there's no lifeguard.