I thought that this what they referred to as Dead Stick Landing. Well maybe not totally Dead, those Lithium Batteries will get a hell of a workout till they burn out.
Paging Otto Pilot!
Sorta kinda makes me even happier, I swore off flying when I retired. It will be interesting to see what happen during a
storm if any kind when those “incoming planes turn off their engines and glide down to the tarmac like a paraglider.”
I wish them luck.
What do you think of this?
Sounds unsafe, what happens if they have to abort because of an incursion?
Scientific American is not the Scientific American I read when I was a kid.
Nobody will be shutting their engines off while landing. This is just dumb.
The reactions from the Airline Pilots union and passenger groups ought to be interesting.
The approach does NOT involve turning off the engines. It involves setting them to idle. They’re still running and can be powered up if necessary. To make the car analogy - think of your car in idle versus the engine being off.
Interesting. “Going Missed” and the subsequent “Go Around” will be exciting. Especially with all the new Affirmative Action pilot hires at the controls. America dies a little more with each passing day.
“A hospital! What is it?”
“It’s a big building where we’ll be taking these passengers after we crash, but that’s not important right now.”
"because of safety concerns..."
I'm very sceptical. The first time all passengers onboard perish in a fiery explosion the Biden admin will blame it on Trump or pilot error. See how our government treats citizens as expendable loss in the pursuit of the climate change religion? Sacrificial lambs.
I was a Delta flight attendant for years. I imagine many airline personel will retire early.
A d if they have to abort the landing?
Well no more flying for me. Even at idle it means less control. My guess most good pilots will ignore the hell out of such a practice.
I propose building an elevated runway that will vary it’s gradient thus allowing a plane to just fly in through a window and be slowed to a stop without braking or reverse thrusting.
A high speed elevator would transport passengers up from the ground. Departures would be on the down gradient of the landing planes on parallel runways.
With the built in elevation they would just glide right out on their way without the need for takeoff power and would utilize solar powered engines to maintain their cruising speed onward to their destination.
It will be the next generation of green travel.
As a former hobbyist private pilot, one question, rhetorical: “What could possibly go wrong?”
Watch for The Big Guy to order the Navy to use “glide approaches” on carriers.
This is the type of approach almost all airports used 60 years ago, until suburbs grew up around airports that used to be in the boonies.
With this lower, flatter approach the airplanes fly lower over more houses, disturbing more people.
The current method is to fly a steeper approach, thereby keeping the airplane higher from housing for as long as possible, but requires a bit more fuel to keep level longer.
IDLE doesn’t mean the engines are off.
Given this article seems to think it is, I question every conclusion being made from it.
So what happens when a plane lands and needs to stop???? Does the pilot quickly turn them back on and put engines into reverse thrust?
Just imagine the ultimate ‘green’ vacation, where you physically do not go anywhere, but are convinced, like Guided Meditation and Hypnotism, that you really traveled. You and your fellow ‘travelers’ board a plane, but instead of a pilot, a facilitator guides you through your experience.
Facilitator - “okay, everyone settle down, your trip is about to begin. Please slow your breathing and...
Concentrate… see yourself arriving at your destination. You idle at the airport gate,. Family and friends are there to greet you. Now you are in your Uber, touring the city and country side. A few more long, relaxed breaths,, Now you are packing for the trip and the flight home..
Now you have boarded your plane and found your seat.
Now you are sitting next to the liberal, leftist creepozoid who is offended by all your Maga gear (hat, shirt, hoody, you wear it all)..
Now you hear the other passengers clap and cheer as they remove the leftist creepozoid. Now, you are back home and can tell everyone about your fantastic, imagined vacation.