• pacjo
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      132 years ago

      That’s good and not. The good thing is they found it, but the bad thing is that the autopilot still needs some work.

      It’s not really an autopilot if it crashes after pilot ejects.

      • @Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml
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        212 years ago

        I’m assuming the pilot didn’t eject from a perfectly good aircraft, so we can’t necessarily blame the autopilot.

        • @MNByChoice@midwest.social
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          42 years ago

          They don’t, but the autopilot could use some tweaks. Like turning on a transponder after an ejection while on a training run.

          • squiblet
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            42 years ago

            It’s surprising they didn’t know exactly where it was at all times. I’d assume it already had GPS transmitter or something on? Maybe they don’t, for stealth. But wouldn’t the FAA know where it is?

  • Norgur
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    172 years ago

    “please contact the marines”… How does that work? Does every U.S. citizen have a “call the marines” card in order one of you finds oil in a country with a weaker military spots some country that urgently needs some democracy?

  • Hovenko
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    12 years ago

    Sounds like one episode from ghost in the shell