Can an airplane's control be overridden from the ground?

[SpyOne]

@Richard_Pearse

He can easily do a test on a real aeroplane flown for the purpose of the test, nothing unethical about that. He could even do it while the aeroplane was on the ground, it would cost very little.

I agree (except for the “cost very little” part).
I can forsee some problems. If his exploit works, the folks who own planes have no interest in making that information public, and therefore no interest in proving it works. If there is a reason that it won’t work that is obvious to them, they have little interest in conducting a test to prove that.
I don’t know what kind of money this security guy has, but I can’t imagine he’ll see much profit from the test, so he’s looking at spending several thousand dollars to rent a plane with no payoff when he’s proven right. Also, I know the FCC takes broadcasting on a frequency that is reserved for someone else very seriously, so I’m not sure he could conduct a full test of his method without breaking the law. And the folks who could give him permission to do so have very little motive to allow such a test for the reasons given above (If they know it will fail, they gain nothing, and if they know it will work they have a lot to lose).

I agree that a real demonstration of it working would be strong evidence, but I don’t see that as very likely in the near future, and I can see several good reasons for that that aren’t “it won’t work”, so we are left with zero evidence.

[Broomstick]

@Charlie_Wayne

It very probably will or can be possible in the not too distant future. I mean … after all, why not? It surely doesn’t seem like a very big problem!

Mr. Wayne, if you desire to follow a thread you needn’t add a near-contentless post to the ongoing conversation, you can just subscribe to the thread. Are you a pilot? And air traffic controller? Engineer? Aviation enthusiast of some sort? At least on a hobbyist level?

This is not the first thread where you have come in either posting meaningless statements or making it very obvious you are ignorant of the subject on which you are speaking.

While there is no question you can post in any thread you care to I’d enjoy your posts a lot more if there was something… useful in them.

[Richard_Pearse]

@SpyOne

I agree (except for the “cost very little” part).

It would cost the price of fuel for the APU for an hour or two. He might get charged a lot more but if he found an airline interested, the actual cost would be low, a few hundred dollars.