During a year marked by lives turned upside down, collaboration saw us through to 2021. Efforts began long before 2020 in order to achieve the goals met by the team that we highlight in our Editors’ Choice Awards this year. To manage workload and increase safety, to return a US crew to space, and to land a light airplane autonomously after a pilot incapacitation—these took collaborative effort, and that’s why Flying is proud to give them our recognition.
Flying Announces Editors’ Choice Awards for 2021
Key Takeaways:
- The article highlights several collaborative achievements in aviation for 2020, recognized by *Flying* magazine's Editors' Choice Awards, with one team to receive the *Flying* Innovation Award.
- Key innovations include Garmin's Autoland system, which enables autonomous landings for light aircraft and was certified across multiple OEMs (Piper, Cirrus, Daher) after a decade of development.
- Another significant advancement is Innovative Solutions & Support's ThrustSense autothrottle system, enhancing workload management and safety for turboprop aircraft through partnerships with Pilatus and Textron Aviation.
- The successful return of crewed spaceflight from U.S. soil in 2020, via the Crewed Dragon Capsule, is also celebrated as a monumental collaborative effort between NASA and SpaceX.
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