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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by danielsju6 on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:33AM (#12480583)
A plane's auto-pilot maintains bearing, altitude, and speed—seems pretty similar to "lane assist" / tesla-autopilot to me.

Some can land, in optimal conditions, but can't taxi.

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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by dogma1138 on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:52AM (#12480740)
Landings are also mostly automated just through a different system(s) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_landing_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoland
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