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Pilots
of 2013, there were more than
Continued from Af
arsenal. But drones are almost
11,000 drones in the military
In 2014, airlines carried 838.4
million passengers on more than 8.5 million flights. Commercial aviation i s
a l r eady
heavily automated. Modern aircraft are generally flown by a computer autopilot that
tracks its position using motion sensors and dead reckoning, corrected as necessary by GPS.
Softwaresystems arealsoused to land commercial aircraft. In a recent survey of airline
pilots, those operating Boeing 777s reported they spent just seven minutes manually piloting their planes in a typical flight. Pilots operating Airbus planes spent half that time.
And commercial planes are becoming smarter all of the time. "An Airbus airliner
knows enough not to fly into a mountain," said David Mindell, a Massachusetts Institute
Drought
always remotely piloted, rath- flight in emergency situations. or more flights simultaneouser than autonomous. Indeed, A n u mber o f a e r ospace ly. It would be possible for the more than 150 humans are in- companies and universities, ground controller to "beam" volved in the average combat in three competing teams, are into individual planes when mission flown by a drone. working with to develop the needed and to land a plane reThis summer, the Defense robot. Theagency plans forthe motely in the event that the piAdvanced Research Projects robot co-pilot to be 'visually lot became incapacitated — or Agency, the Pentagon research aware" in the cockpit and to be worse. organization, will take the next able to control the aircraft by What the G ermanwings step in plane automation with manipulating equipment built crash "has done has elevated , r~", sil , .+ the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit for human hands, such as the the question of should there or Aurora Flight Sciences via The New York Times Automation System, or ALIAS. pilot's yoke and pedals, as well not be ways to externally conA Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft can be operated unmanned. Sometime this year, the agency as the various knobs, toggles trol commercial aircraft," said Advances in sensor technology, computing and artificial intelligence will begin flight testing a robot and buttons. Mary Cummings, the director are making human pilots less necessary than ever in the cockpit. that can be quickly installed in Ideally, the robots will rely of the Humans and Autonomy the right seat of military air- on voice recognition technol- Laboratory at Duke Universicraft to act as the co-pilot. The ogiesand speech synthesis to ty and a former Navy F-18 piof Technology aeronautics and fighter jets. The Auto Collision portable onboard robot will be communicate with human pi- lot, who is a researcher on the astronautics professor. "It has a Ground AvoidanceSystem re- able to speak, listen, manip- lots and flight controllers. DARPAproject "Could we have a single-pilot warning system that tells a pi- portedly saved aplane and pilot ulate flight controls and read NASA is exploring a related lot. But it doesn't take over." in November during a combat instruments. possibility: moving the co-pilot aircraft with the ability to reSuch a system could take mission against Islamic State The machine, a bit l i ke out of the cockpit on commer- motely control the aircraft from R2-D2, will have many of the cial flights, and instead using a the ground that is safer than over, if permitted. Already, the forces. Pentagon has deployed autoThe Pentagon has invested skills of a human pilot, includ- single remote operator to serve today's systems? The answer is mated piloting software in F-16 heavily in robot aircraft. As ing the ability to land the plane as co-pilot for multiple aircraft. yes." 't
is
Crooked River Basin — which
going to be one of the worst drought years (for the county) in history," he said.
" Every indication is i t
encompasses the watersheds
Continued from A1 "Oregon's unusually warm and dry winter has potentially The state also responded to a dire consequences,"Brownsaid Crook County request last year in a news release. "By enlisting and declared a drought emerthe supportofour state and fed- gency. Before last year, Crook eral partners, we will be best County had not asked the state able to ensure the safety of the for help due to a drought since residents of Crook, Harney and
feeding the Deschutes and Crooked rivers — had 12percent of the normal amount of snow
for this time of year, according to figures from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Ranchers near Post and Pau-
lina in Crook County depend
1992.
on snowmelt from the mounLast month, Brown declared tains to provide water for their
Klamath counties, as well as their livelihoods and property." drought emergencies in Mal-
cattle operations.
heur and Lake counties. Snow-
"They need that snowpack,
county requested last month pack figures around Central opens the way for crop protec- O regon andothers parts ofthe
and we just don't have it right now," Seth Crawford, a Crook
tions and other aid, said Mike
County commissioner, said last
The dedaration, which the
In this scenario, a ground controller might operate as a dispatchermanaging a dozen
and to take off. It will assist the human pilot on routine flights and be able to take over the
stateeast ofthe Cascades were
McCabe, Crook County judge. dire throughout winter and And it will be helpful for the have not improved with the county in what's expected to be coming of spring. a dryyear. As of Monday, the Deschutes/
month when Crook County requested the declaration. — Reporter: 541-617-7812, ddarling@bendbulletirt.com
Bids
Bridge
other area residents who routinely use the bridge to Continued fromA1 begin contributing to its reO nly once out o f t h e pair fund. Otherwise, comthree most recent accidents ing up with thousands of did the driver responsible dollars between a few neighuse insurance to pay for bors on short notice will be
insurance company, but knew the process might be
repairs. In t ha t
insurance for the bridge, neighbors will have to re-
c ase, the
At this point, without any
difficult, she said.
"We need to figure out vehicle was stuck, giving the driver no option to drive who did this," Toby Bayard away. said, noting the bridge's upO ther ti m e s , dr i v e r s keep is a community effort. turned around after hitting "We're just devastated. .
the roof, Bayard said. This time, it s eems the d r iver
.
t o i n sure a
bridge," she said. "We don't even know if we can."
build it on their own. The
only clue they have is the red paint on the ruined bridge left by the vehicle that did
.
It's kind of a hallmark of our
the damage. Westfall asks that any-
neighborhood."
traveled all the way through Coincidentally, last weekthe covered bridge. end the neighbors held a Michel Bayard's w i fe, board meeting to consider Toby Bayard, thinks the getting liability insurance Rock 0' the Range neigh- for the bridge. Toby Bayard bors will have to seek out made calls this week to her
one with information as to
who damaged the bridge contact the sheriff's office at 541-693-6911. — Reporter: 541-383-0325, kfistcaro@bendbullettrt com
for granted. Decades ago, before cable "She needs to convey a television and when party sense not only of understand- bosseshad a more centralrole ing the challenges Americans in the nominating process, are facing, but a level of em- presidential candidates would pathy with them," said former wait until the year of the elec-
Strategists said the staging of launch events is not as consequential as it may seem at a campaign's outset. George W. Bush had fun with the supposedly momentous occasion by Pennsylvania Gov. E dward tion to enter the contest, part- calling his 2000 campaign start Rendell, a Clinton ally. "I'd do ly to conserve resources. But the"Great Expectations" tour. "The difference between a live announcement in front with the shadow primary
Continued fromAf More than perhaps any other occasion,launch events
are underthe complete control of the campaign, and a strong start can do wonders in propelling a candidate in a positive direction. When he
of people to add some excite-
became the first official candidate last month, Sen. Ted
ment.... I'd think about doing after the last presidential elecit at a place that pays workers tion, the campaign season is the minimum wage." never-ending. "You've been speculated The role of luck about, kidded about, and you The most choreographed need to get in it in a way that events can be spoiled by bad is definite and certain and unluck. Ahead of the 1996 race, compromised," said Tom Rath,
Cruz, R-Texas, spoke in the
round to thousands of young Christians at Liberty University — encapsulating his intended campaign theme and his own life story in a single event.
Jim Cole I The Associated Press file photo
now all but starting the day
He soon vaulted to the top tier
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is ready to enter the Republican chase
then-Sen. Richard Lugar an-
a New Hampshire-based ad-
of the GOP race.
for the party's presidential nomination this week. How hopefuls orchestrate their campaign launches can do wonders for their
nounced his campaign in
viser on past campaigns.
Importance of a strong start candidacies — or derail them altogether.
Things don't always go so well. For his 2012 campaign an- who advised Michael Duka- with pink marble and brass. nouncement alongthe Hud- kis, Al Gore and John Kerry "Trump Tower is fantasticson River, former Utah Gov. and now works with Sen. Ber- 57th Street and Fifth Avenue, J on Huntsman Jr. and h i s
difficult. " It's har d
nard Sanders, I-Vt.
with an atrium that can hold
handsome family s t rolled thousands of people," he said. "In the history of running for across a lawn like modern-day Working magic Camelot before he gave his For the rivalrous band of president, no one has the sites speech, with the Statue of Republican hopefuls, these I have." Liberty as his backdrop. But early-stage debuts could beCarly Fiorina, a former Silithe audience on that windy come critical breakthroughs. con Valley executive, plans to "If they can work magic make mobile technology and morning had more journalists than cheering supporters, with the announcement, that's social media a centerpiece of while the noise of airplane their first great shot," said Fred her campaign rollout, probaengines and a boat horn pro- Davis, a Hollywood-based me- bly in late April or early May. vided awkward interruptions. dia strategist on past Republi- "Carly is obsessed with her The episode became a meta- can presidential campaigns. iPhone 6 Plus," spokeswoman phor for Huntsman's ill-fated "The priority for every single Sarah Isgur Flores said. campBlgn. one of these is to springboard Could New Jersey Gov. "Boy, where to b egin?" the announcement into being Chris Christie begin his bid Huntsman said with a chuck- in the top tier." thissummer on a Jersey Shore le, recalling that day during Jeb Bush's allies speculate boardwalk rebuilt after Huran interview last week. "You he could start his campaign ricane Sandy? "He probably never get a second chance to from Florida's capital of Talla- wouldn't want to do it in Atlanmake a first impression, which hassee, which would highlight tic City, since it's falling apart," is why I was disappointed with his conservative gubernatorial said former New Jersey Gov. myown." record.Or at a successfulur- Thomas Kean. He said the But successful scenes can ban charter school, showcas- colorful, pugnacious Christie propelcandidates and trans- ing his lifelong commitment should consider a late-night form how voters view them. to education reform and his comedy show. Such was the case on a frigid "right to rise" slogan. Might former Texas Gov. "He's probably got eight, Rick Perry stage an a nFebruary morning i n 2 0 07, when Barack Obama began nine, 10 good choices to think nouncement in his childhood his historic campaign with a about," said Al Cardenas, a home of Paint Creek, Texas, lofty speech on the grounds Bush confidant. highlighting his rural and imof the Old State Capitol in Ben Carson could announce poverished roots, or in a miliSpringfield, Illinois, that in- his candidacy in "bombed-out tary setting as an homage to voked memories of Abraham Detroit," suggested activist his time in the Air Force? Will Lincoln. Vernon Robinson, who leads Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Conservative icon Ronald a group trying to draft Carson campaigning as a suburban Reagan carefull y orchestrat- to run. He pictures the cele- Midwestern everyman, wear ed his November 1979 roll- brated neurosurgeon return- one of his treasured Kohl's out. The f ormer C alifornia ing to his hometown to give a s hirts or ride in o n a H a r governor was perceived as a speech outside the elementary ley-Davidson motorcycle? Westerner, so he announced school where he was teased as And what about Clinton'? his bid in New York and then aboy. She announced her 2008 campaigned in Boston. Jim A Rick Santorum adviser campaign in a softly lit and Hooley, a former Reagan ad- said the former senator prob- slickly produced video. "I'm vance staffer, said the itinably could begin in a blue-col- beginning a conversation with erary helped "get him intro- lar setting in Pennsylvania, you," she said, sitting alone on duced to the Northeast as a where his grandfather worked a living room couch. working man's guy with lots in a coal mine. Attire also is This time around, unlike of blue-collar labor events and part of the calculation. "It'll be lesser-known Repu b l ican hard-hat stuff." a suit, but with the jacket off contenders, the former secreSophisticated campaigns and sleeves rolled up since he's tary of state does not need a can also use packed events as seen as someone who's not splashy entrance to gain noorganizing tools, as Obama afraid to be a fighter," said the tice. Some Democrats think proved. "He did them br il- adviser, John Brabender. Clinton should opt for underliantly. If you go big, it gives Donald Trump wants to statement and accessibilityyou an opportunity to collect leave a more ritzy impres- with real people around heremail addresses and build a sion. The billionaire real es- so the global celebrity can regrass-roots network," said Tad tate mogul, if he runs, said he connect with ordinary AmeriDevine, a Democratic presi- is eyeing his gleaming Man- cans and show she won't take dential campaign strategist hattan skyscraper, adorned the Democratic nomination
your announcement and the
actual campaign is like who you marry versus who you go to prom with," said Stuart Stevens, a former Bush adviser and chief strategist on Mitt
Romney's 2012 campaign. "Who you go to prom with seems to matter a lot at the time, but in life's flow, it's not that important."
downtown Indianapolis, the
city he once served as mayor. But his jazzy entry was overshadowed by theOklahoma City bombing that morning. "Poor Dick Lugar," recalled Scott Reed, who ran rival Bob Dole's campaign. "He never
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