Olathe, Kan. — I landed an airplane with a single push of a button. It’s not really fair to claim ownership for this safe touch down at New Century AirCenter, where Garmin is testing a genuine aviation breakthrough. My contribution to this flight was a three-second press of a guarded switch on the glareshield of a Piper M600 labeled ‘Emergency Autoland’ (EA). An airplane that flies itself sounds like the worst of the clichés around aviation and automated flying. But … Continue reading Emergency Autoland puts Garmin on the bleeding edge of autonomous flying