the streets of san francisco are home to many self—driving cars so naturally, the sky above the city is home to a self—flying plane. this is xwing, a company that has developed an autonomous flying system that handles everything from taxiing to take—off to landing to parking. the system is similar to self—driving cars and uses a lot of the same tech, like lidar cameras and sensors to navigate the skies, while a command centre on the ground helps the autonomous system communicate with the humans in air traffic control. and now that i'm suited and booted, let's see this thing in action. so this is basically a beta version of what they're working on, which means it will always require a safety pilot on board, but the company is working to be entirely autonomous, meaning none of these by the end of next year. and they're also hoping to get faa certification in 202a. all that the human pilot