tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post5104689459999040219..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Chigaco Convention of 1944, Article 8 - Pilotless aircraftMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-49677929753635648172015-02-11T09:27:27.533+00:002015-02-11T09:27:27.533+00:00Jim, nah, that's easy. The insurance companie...Jim, nah, that's easy. The insurance companies, or the government, will just insist that driverless cars carry a "black box". After an accident the boxes will be interrogated and all will be a lot clearer than relying on drivers with an incentive to lie.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-72904133227913346552015-02-10T17:40:41.237+00:002015-02-10T17:40:41.237+00:00With driver less cars, I can foresee one hell of ...With driver less cars, I can foresee one hell of a legal battle between two insurance companies when there is a collision between two of them, trying to decide who caused the collision.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-80714741707610907112015-02-10T09:54:08.493+00:002015-02-10T09:54:08.493+00:00MW. No, it's not what they meant back in 1944...MW. No, it's not what they meant back in 1944. But it's now 2015. They need to think again. (In 1944 'pilotless plane' meant a V1. I can see how ensuring that pilots were on board had a certain merit...).<br /><br />All this also extends to driverless cars.<br /><br />It's going to be such fun watching all the bureaucrats try and categorise and 'regulate' all this..Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-39402259348238981802015-02-10T08:16:14.260+00:002015-02-10T08:16:14.260+00:00L, seriously, is the man steering the aircraft sit...L, seriously, is the man steering the aircraft sitting in the aircraft or is he not? If not, the aircraft is "pilotless".<br /><br />I accept that there are degrees of pilotlessness, but that is not what they meant back in 1944. Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-10290047289770923632015-02-10T08:13:41.657+00:002015-02-10T08:13:41.657+00:00MW. As J says a drone (for example) is piloted by ...MW. As J says a drone (for example) is piloted by a bloke sitting in a nissen hut somewhere. Why not think like the DLR and have Flight Captains '?Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2818153950801435682015-02-10T07:42:20.165+00:002015-02-10T07:42:20.165+00:00L, J, surely it is referring to "somebody sit...L, J, surely it is referring to "somebody sitting in the aeroplane and steering it"? I can't think of any other definition.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-60030124808702840772015-02-09T21:33:14.484+00:002015-02-09T21:33:14.484+00:00Very true, take a radio controlled aircraft, one...Very true, take a radio controlled aircraft, one you could buy from a hobby store, every one you see has a "pilot" but none are actually in it at the time.<br /><br />so now a computer could be flying the thing, aa is the case with droids over the middle east at the moment, then we get down to a computer on the ground guiding the computer in the air, all based on the strategic commands of the time.<br /><br />i say that as a very enthusiastic PPL myself.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-90334181294072310762015-02-09T20:41:33.510+00:002015-02-09T20:41:33.510+00:00Define pilot? Define pilot? Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.com