My P-47 was damaged while fighting

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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I think that overall the glass cockpits will reduce the number of
accidents.

I hope so. It hasn't worked out that way for Cirrus, but it's still
early days.

The Cirrus has had a lot of problems, but I don't think that any of them are
because of the glass cockpit. Most of them seem to come from pilots getting
behind the airplane or performing unauthorized maneuvers.

Your distinction between software failure and software crash is noted, but I
suspect that such fine points are lost on dead people. :-)

My own airplane has an MX-20 in it which uses Windows NT 4.0 for its
operating system. If that thing ever crashes I would like to think that I
would still maintain control of the airplane. Still, the temptation to stop
flying and troubleshoot the failed equipment seems to be overwhelming for a
lot of pilots.