AviationWeek.com‘s Guy Norris posted an extraordinary head-up display video clip in which an unconscious F-16 pilot is saved by the aircraft’s automatic ground collision avoidance system (Auto-GCAS). According to the article, the event is considered the fourth confirmed “save” of an aircraft by the system since Auto-GCAS was introduced into the U.S. Air Force F-16 fleet in late 2014. To read the article and view the clip, click here….
Auto-GCAS Saves Unconscious F-16 Pilot
Sep 13, 2016
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