No Pilots. Few Air Traffic Controllers. What Could Go Wrong?
WIRED · 14 Nov 2026

No Pilots. Few Air Traffic Controllers. What Could Go Wrong?

New systems like SMART are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the AI aviation revolution currently underway. Take, for instance, the Cessna Caravan that took off from Buchanan Field Airport in Concord, California, and flew south to Phoenix on a calm September morning. The plane, a single-engine turboprop, then turned east to Fort Worth, stopped at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, and finally arrived at Dare County Regional Airport off the coast of North Carolina.


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