BBCより。無人のジェット機が実現。いろんな可能性を感じる実験
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22511395
Pilotless flight trialled in UK shared airspace
A Jetstream aircraft became the first to fly “unmanned” across UK shared airspace last month.
An on-board pilot handled the take-off, from Warton, near Preston in Lancashire, and landing, in Inverness.
But during the 500-mile journey, the specially adapted plane was controlled by a pilot on the ground, instructed by the National Air Traffic Services.
There were no passengers, but the 16-seater aircraft flew in airspace shared with passenger carriers.
Known as “the Flying Testbed”, it contains on-board sensors and robotics to identify and avoid hazards.
National Air Traffic Services unmanned air vehicle (UAV) expert Andrew Chapman said: “Nats ensured that this test flight was held without any impact on the safety of other users of airspace at the time.
Regulatory framework
“Although there is still work to be done it would seem that, on the basis of the success of this flight, a UAV could operate in different classes of airspace.”
無人とはいえ、カメラを１６台載せて、パイロットの視点を得ながら並走する飛行機からコントロールしたようだ。
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