Eduardo Kaftanski wrote in message ...
Geek meets pilot, slashdot.org has news that interest you:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...thread&tid=126

"ABCNews recently profiled the project (with video) and also rode
along with a working prototype built by Honeywell that successfully
kept a Beechcraft from hitting a mountain."

Suppose I happen to be landing on the mountain, what then? I was
also wondering what the effect of an engine failure over mountainous
terrain would be. Would that gadget keep steering you away from the
higher terrain to the lowest, regardless of it's suitability for an
emergency landing?

I could go on, but it's pretty obvious that this gizmo would be
dangerous in a small aircraft unless you could disable it. If you
could disable it, then it cannot perform its intended purpose.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)