a) an operational aircraft or a plurality of operational aircraft with equipment to interface with a ground-based aircraft simulator

b) a ground-based aircraft simulator or a plurality of ground-based simulators, that dynamically mimics the displays and controls of operational aircraft and configured for a pilot in the simulator to remotely take over the piloting function of operational aircraft.

c) a sensor multiplexer receiver and transmitter means located onboard aircraft for accepting said aircraft performance and control parameters that are required by a ground-based simulator to replicate the major control and performance states of aircraft, and then, when necessary, convert said performance and control parameters into digital format, add a unique aircraft identification, ID, to an outgoing radio frequency, RF, signal and broadcasting said outgoing RF signal to a Central Ground-Based processing Station (CGBS) which then transfers the aircraft performance and control data to a ground-based aircraft simulator.

d) a ground-based aircraft simulator digital processor/computer that is configured to provide the computational and conversion capability to dynamically reproduce displays that exist in the operational aircraft onto the displays in the simulator and converts the remote piloting controls of the ground-based simulator for conning/guiding operational aircraft.

e) remote pilot control avionics that permit a pilot sitting in the ground-based aircraft simulator to control the piloting of an operational aircraft

f) a ground-based aircraft simulator Flight Control Unit (FCU), and/or any combination of the following.

1. ILS
2. Autopilot/Flight Director (FD)
3. Autothrottle
4. Autobrake
5. Thrust Control
6. Steering Control
7. Landing-gear Control configured to bring operational aircraft to a safe landing and stopped by the remote pilot.

g) a remote pilot electronic interface unit located on aircraft that recognizes that the remote pilot aircraft simulator has uniquely specified and selected aircraft, from a plurality of operational aircraft, based on the electronic interface unit recognizing the operational aircraft's unique ID, as the vehicle to be remotely piloted.

h) a remote pilot electronic interface unit that provides the interfaces to control the aircraft's FCU and/or any combination of the following:

1. ILS
2. Autopilot/Flight Director (FD)
3. Autothrottle
4. Autobrake
5. Thrust Control
6. Steering Control
7. Landing-gear Control configured to bring operational aircraft to a safe landing and stopped by the remote pilot

i) a ground-based aircraft simulator that via ground to air telemetry, directed through the CGBS, with operational aircraft and electronic interfaces provides the electronic signals that control operational aircraft's FCU and/or any combination of the following:

1. ILS
2. Autopilot/Flight Director (FD)
3. Autothrottle
4. Autobrake
5. Thrust Control
6. Steering Control
7. Landing-gear Control configured to bring operational aircraft to a safe landing at a remote pilot designated airfield and stopped

j) a unique aircraft identification, ID, and configuration system which permits two-way RF communication between a ground-based aircraft simulator and a specific operational aircraft that is functioning among a plurality of operational aircraft.

k) a parsing system in the CGBS based on aircraft's unique ID that allows information going to the CGBS to be parsed so that aircraft is uniquely identified from a plurality of operational aircraft and utilized in the remote pilot simulator.

l) a ground to air and air to ground two-way RF communication system that allows unique communication between specified operational aircraft and a ground-based aircraft simulator based on the unique ID (j) of operational aircraft.

m) a remote pilot's display, located in the ground-based simulator, that dynamically mimics the critical conning displays of operational aircraft.