> Spike Jones wrote: ...Then keeping the props horizontal, the pilot rotates
> the
> > fuselage to horizontal, and gradually settles to the deck...
>
> "Michael S. Lorrey" wrote: Its been done. There was both Air Farce and
> Navy programs in the 50s &... tricky with nothing but sky for visual
> references, to land.
Seems like we could use the old airframes and let modern ring laser
gyros and piezoelectric sensors with microprocessor based digital
control systems do what the humans couldnt do back then. Whaddya
think, Mike? spike
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