The Engineer Who Stopped Airplanes From Flying Into Mountains 237
New submitter gmrobbins writes "The Seattle Times profiles avionics engineer Don Bateman, whose Honeywell lab in Redmond, Washington has for decades pioneered ground proximity warning systems. Bateman's innovations have nearly eliminated controlled flight into terrain by commercial aircraft, the most common cause of fatal airplane accidents."
Airplanes? (Score:2, Funny)
I think you mean "Aeroplanes".
Re:And the geek shall inherit the earth... (Score:5, Funny)
"Re:And the geek shall inherit the earth..." - and some plough into it by accident.
5% of commercial airlines still weren't running a Terrain awareness and warning system.
Don't worry about the 5% - that number is decreasing all the time, one way or another.....
How old school. (Score:5, Funny)
Today this would be solved by making flying info mountains illegal.
Lies! (Score:5, Funny)
This summary must be incorrect somehow.
I just opened Flight Simulator and had no trouble controlling my flight right into the side of a mountain. Clearly, the system needs work.
What? (Score:5, Funny)
"The Engineer Who Stopped Airplanes From Flying Into Mountains"
I thought that was the pilot's job?
Re:What? (Score:5, Funny)
It is...but history shows that they weren't very good at it.
Re:I look forward to the day (Score:3, Funny)
When you retards stop complaining about the system and start campaigning for Ron Paul to get it fixed.
Help us O. B. Gyn Kenobie; you're our only hope.
Re:Airplanes? (Score:4, Funny)
nobody uses aero in everyday language nowadays
Once again I'm declared a nobody by slashdot. Should I just get it over with a book a flight to Switzerland now?!
Re:Airplanes? (Score:5, Funny)