Planes With No Pilots

New Jersey airport is set to try out a series of tests to see if it’s possible to carry out flights without a pilot. It is hoped in future years even as close as 2030 it could be possible that cargo planes used by the likes of UPS could be flown via UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle).

The technology has been used by the armed forces for gathering intelligence flying over war torn country’s safely.It is also hoped that eventually unmanned commercial flights will be a possibility.

What the flying public might think about that remains to be seen. The test will be carried out by the Federal Aviation Administration and Insitu Inc a UAV company owned by Boeing. The Boeing sky eagle has been used by the military, which is launched into the air and uses a hook in the ground when landing to slow it down.