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Auto-GCAS Saves Unconscious F-16 Pilot—Declassified USAF Footage

AviationWeek · 3.6M views · 2016-09-13 · 1:21

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Declassified HUD footage of an F-16 whose unconscious pilot is saved by the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System. It shows the aircraft pulling out of a dive on its own.

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Used as a concrete example of automation successfully saving an incapacitated pilot.

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throwanem · 2021-02 · Reference

Assuming we're talking about the typical example ( [VIDEO] ) - in the HUD, altitude is the right-hand vertical tape. (The left one is airspeed.) It looks to bottom out around 4400 feet during the AGCAS recovery.

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ziont · 2018-12 · Joke / meme

Skunkworks: omg this kid has replicated our Auto-GAS system using only computer vision Lockheed Martin CEO: So what the fuck is this youtube video? [VIDEO]

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21 · 2018-06 · Reference

Not an expert, but in military planes there are systems which kick in exactly when the plane is outside it's normal regime. Auto-GCAS Saves Unconscious F-16 Pilot: [VIDEO]

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