In fact, (and this will get me a lot of nasty-grams), between the sophistication of available GPS-based information and new-generation digital flight control systems, hand-flying is pretty much becoming a lost art.

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Equally serious, there is a high risk that on a day-to-day basis, digital records will not survive unless control systems are applied.

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Yet their antiquated control systems lack protection against digital intrusion, providing an easy target.

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