AOPA Pilot Magazine - April 2020 - 91

P&E  TECHNOLOGY
GARMIN'S NEW AUTOLAND SYSTEM is currently limited to a couple of aircraft types
and is only for emergencies-but its impact
on general aviation is likely to be profound
and long lasting.
The system now capable of landing a
Cirrus SF50 or Piper M600 on its own, or
at the touch of a single button, is meant for
rare cases of pilot incapacitation. But industry experts say that once the system proves
itself in the real world, its technology is sure
to expand to normal flight operations-and
that has the potential to change everything.
Once fully automated approaches
and landings are widely adopted, these
advances could follow:
* The technology that enables it, such as
radar altimeters and autothrottles, will
become less expensive.
* Full authority digital engine controls
(FADEC) for piston aircraft engines will
become more widespread.

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Its technology is sure
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* Single-pilot crews are likely to be
approved for larger and more complex aircraft, including airliners.
* Airplanes capable of autonomous
approaches and landings won't have ceiling
and visibility requirements at thousands of
U.S. runways.
* Hand-flown instrument approaches and
landings will become rare events that pilots
practice in simulators and training flights
but seldom use in day-to-day flying.
* Some existing aircraft will get retrofit
kits that enable autonomous approaches
and landings.
* Single-engine aircraft that lack autothrottles will get "auto-glide" software that
directs them to the nearest runway in case
of engine failure.
"The Garmin system as it now exists
is there to back pilots up in emergency

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