FedEx og Sikorsky tester ATR med bare 1 pilot

[Someone]

FedEx og Sikorsky har begynt tester av en ATR-42 med kun 1 pilot ombord. Begge er forløpig stille om hva som er planen og skal være en gammel ATR-42-300 de tydeligvis har bygget om for forsøket


Bak betalingsmur:
https://theaircurrent.com/technolog...begin-single-pilot-tests-for-cargo-airliners/

To listen to the air traffic control frequency at Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Connecticut from the afternoon of February 10, nothing appeared out of the ordinary. But as a FedEx Express-owned ATR 42-300 turboprop was cleared for takeoff a few minutes before 4pm, the package freighter became the largest known commercial aircraft to test technologies designed to enable flying with just a single pilot at the controls.