Will AI systems ever take off, fly and land commercial airliners, with Pilot monitoring, and oversight??

[52ndStreet]

My question , will AI system ever develop to take off, fly and land commercial aircraft, with passengers? They helped to fly men to the Moon??

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

My question , will AI system ever develop to take off, fly and land commercial aircraft, with passengers? They helped to fly men to the Moon??

They already can. Did you not know this?

 

[White 6]

My question , will AI system ever develop to take off, fly and land commercial aircraft, with passengers? They helped to fly men to the Moon??

Not with me onboard.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

My question , will AI system ever develop to take off, fly and land commercial aircraft, with passengers? They helped to fly men to the Moon??

The Lockheed 1011 was doing this back during the 70's but I don't think it was utilizing AI to accomplish this. It was easily identifiable from its competitor the DC-10 whose 3rd engine went through the tail, whereas the L1011 has an 'S' configuration which starts at the top of the fuselage and snakes through the empenage ended at the bottom

The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was one of the first commercial airliners to feature a fully automated landing system, but it was not the only or the absolute first aircraft capable of autoland.​

Autoland & The L-1011​

• The L-1011 was one of the most advanced airliners of its time and included a Category IIIb Autoland system, which allowed it to land in zero visibility conditions with minimal pilot input.
• It was among the first commercial jets certified for full autoland in the early 1970s.
• The L-1011's "Direct Lift Control" (DLC) helped make landings smoother by allowing fine control over descent rate without major pitch changes.

Was It the First?​

No, it was not the absolute first.​

✔ British aircraft, such as the Hawker Siddeley Trident and the Concorde, also had autoland capabilities.✔ The Trident was actually the first to perform a fully automatic landing in commercial service in 1965 (BEA airlines).✔ The Sud Aviation Caravelle also experimented with autoland in the 1960s.​

Was It the Only One?​

No, many later aircraft incorporated autoland.​

✔ The Boeing 747, 757, 767, and later models like the 777 and 787 have autoland systems.​

✔ The Airbus A300 and later models (A320, A330, A350, A380) all feature autoland.​

✔ The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and MD-11 also had autoland capabilities.​

What Made the L-1011 Special?​

✔ It was one of the first wide-body airliners designed from the ground up with fully certified autoland.​

✔ It had redundant triple-redundancy flight control systems, making it one of the safest aircraft to operate in poor visibility conditions.​

✔ Its Direct Lift Control (DLC) system made approaches and landings extremely smooth, giving it an edge over competitors.​

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Final Verdict​

• First autoland? No, the Trident beat it to it.
• One of the first certified for autoland? Yes.
• Only commercial airliner with autoland? No, Boeing and Airbus models followed with similar systems.
• Most advanced of its time? Absolutely—it had one of the smoothest, safest autoland systems ever developed for its era.
  
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[Captain Caveman]

They already can. Did you not know this?

I think Concorde was the first fly-by-wire airliner, and that's going back to the 60's.