Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, and landing tests
Link to Airbus&#x27;s press release:
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.airbus.com&#x2F;newsroom&#x2F;press-releases&#x2F;en&#x2F;2020&#x2F;06&#x2F;airbus-concludes-attol-with-fully-autonomous-flight-tests.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.airbus.com&#x2F;newsroom&#x2F;press-releases&#x2F;en&#x2F;2020&#x2F;06&#x2F;ai...</a>
More info here:
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.airbus.com&#x2F;newsroom&#x2F;stories&#x2F;autonomy-aerial-mobility.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.airbus.com&#x2F;newsroom&#x2F;stories&#x2F;autonomy-aerial-mobi...</a><p>Airbus has an &quot;innovation&quot; (R&amp;D) department and they&#x27;re looking into more ways to have computers do the routine parts of flight.<p>Airbus&#x27;s materials (linked) do mention &quot;self-piloting&quot;, but I can&#x27;t imagine that they are thinking of the scale as BusinessInsider is when they write &quot;self-flying&quot;. No one&#x27;s proposing getting rid of pilots, having a computer fly a plane completely would be insanity.