I think he was referring to the idea of man vs. machine pilot, or am I
thinking crappily?
"Michael M. Butler" wrote:
>
> Yes, it's absolutely true that Lindbergh was not jet-powered, nor was his wingspan comparable to that of a 737.
> Confusing the vehicle with the aviator is crappy thinking.
>
> FWIW, consider Yeager and Rutan in their circumnavigation aboard Voyager--they "outperformed" Global Hawk several years
> ago, _and_ they were privately funded. GH is six-year-old news.
>
> "J. R. Molloy" wrote:
> >
> > Robotic spy plane makes the Lindbergh stunt look human... merely human. --J.
> > R.
> >
> > About Global Hawk
> > http://www.dsto.defence.gov.au/globalhawk/1_about.html
> > Global Hawk is the world's most advanced high-altitude, long-endurance,
> > unmanned aerial vehicle.
> > Global Hawk is jet-powered and equivalent in wing size to a Boeing 737
> > commercial airliner. It has a range of 14,000 nautical miles and can fly at
> > altitudes of up to 65,000 feet (19,812 metres) for more than 30 hours.
> > Australia and the US are collaborating to evaluate and further develop Global
> > Hawk as an airborne surveillance system.
> > http://www.dsto.defence.gov.au/globalhawk/home.html
> > On 23 April 2001, Global Hawk flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base,
> > California to Edinburgh Air Force Base, South Australia, where it will be
> > based for nearly two months undergoing a series of demonstration flights.
> >
> > ----------------------------
> >
> > Stay hungry,
> >
> > --J. R.
> >
> > Useless hypotheses:
> > consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
> > analog computing, cultural relativism
> >
> > Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
> > but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
> > (Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)
-- Brian Atkins Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence http://www.singinst.org/
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