OK, here's a mega controversial subject -- How many Pics would it have taken
to save JFK Jr. if his accident was caused by losing control of his
aircraft?

NASA's answer to an out of control airplane is a parachute!(?)

How many folks here doubt that the ability to sense attitude, accelerations,
heights, etc. would allow us to grab control of an aircraft and keep it
within normal operating parameters? The poor fellow was riding in a $300,000
vehicle so cost is not an issue. Yeah, I know that more complexity equals
lower reliability, but we have known for decades that regularly occuring
pilot reactions to obscured vision will absolutely cause a crash. News
reports have stated that pilots are taught to ignore what their eyes, inner
ears and seat of the pants are telling them and pay attention to the
instruments. Why can't the instruments pay attention to the instruments?

I'm proud when we can use this power to apply microcontrollers to better
lives and ashamed when we miss an opportunity to save them.

Tom