Small plane lands itself in first-ever use of automated aviation tech during mid-air emergency

The Dec. 20 landing marked the first confirmed real-world use of Garmin G3000 Autoland during an actual in-flight emergency.

Plane makes safe emergency landing in Colorado without a pilot's help, in first "Autoland" use

A plane landed at Colorado's Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport without a pilot's help on Saturday in what appears to be the ...
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Skyryse presses ahead with fly-by-wire system on R66 helicopter

Advanced flight-control developer Skyryse is forging ahead with plans to bring to market by 2025 a Robinson Helicopter R66 light-single adapted with an innovative fly-by-wire system. Skyryse plans to ...
Flying

Skyryse Calls New Fly-by-Wire Helicopter a ‘Game-Changer’

Skyryse has introduced the Skyryse One, the first production fly-by-wire helicopter, designed to drastically simplify piloting by replacing complex traditional controls with a single control stick and ...
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In a first, plane makes emergency landing at RMMA using automated technology due to 'pilot incapacitation'

A plane landed safely at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport using Garmin's automated technology, the first time the company's version of the tech has been used in a real-world emergency situation.
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Russian autopilot and autothrust system for SJ-100 nears flight-testing

Russia’s Yakovlev and electronic systems specialist KRET have completed development of the autopilot and autothrust algorithms for the SJ-100 twinjet. The SJ-100 is the latest version of the Superjet ...