Taking off on auto pilot?
Hi Capt. Kay, Thank you very much for replying to my e-mail, considering your busy schedule. I feel much better now about the upcoming vacation. You have built a very informative website. Great job, Capt. Lim! I cannot stop reading each interesting topic. The more I learn, the better I feel about flying. By the way, I am a Computer Programmer by profession. So I am very interested in automation. In your website, you explained that, most of the time, 777 flies using autopilot even during take-off and landing. I am just curious. Could you describe how 777 take off or landing using autopilot? I mean how the computer knows that it is time to lift the airplane off the ground or to touch the ground smoothly during landing? This is usually the 2 moments when I close my eyes and start praying. Also, has it ever happen in the history of commercial aviation that all engines died during take off? What is the probability that this can happen? Thank you, Steve Hi Steve, If you have read carefully o
