2007 Trends in Aviation Technologies

The Future of Aviation Technology is acceleratingwith airliner simulators all playing in real time in the
like never before and is no cleared for take-offvirtual world. Of course with the advent of
into a whole new paradigm of innovation,zero-zero visibility airline pilots and corporate jets
performance and electronic capability. Very soonare now about to land without ever seeing the
most military aircraft will be flying themselvesactual runway or looking at an infrared version of
autonomously and interact with human pilotedit.
aircraft and air-traffic control or battlespaceIf all this sounds exciting that's great, but in reality
command and control systems.this is only the tip of the iceberg. In fact some of
Indeed all this technology is also slowly making itsthe greatest achievement in aviation are nearly
way into the non-military government agenciesupon us with such technologies as lighter materials
and quasi government agencies with UAVswith carbon nano-tubes, blended wing-bodied
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. We are seeing UAVsaircraft, flying cars, hypersonic flight, levitation,
used for weather, pollution monitoring, surveillance,super computer aerodynamic flow modeling and
forestry, FEMA, policing, search and rescue andnew propulsion technologies. We truly are at the
even real estate photography. In the privatedawn of a new era in aviation innovation.
sector with commercial use we will soon seeI appreciate your interest in this subject, as I
self-flying airliners, shuttle services and air taxis.have a passion for flying that started as a boy.
The first Airliner Flight was already conducted inPlease be thinking here and consider the
fact.implications of the future of aviation technologies
The FAA along with NASA is developing superand innovations. Perhaps this article is of interest
realistic Virtual Reality and Augmented Realityto propel thought in 2007?
Simulators for air traffic controllers, which hook up