You can't be in the military at all if you have diabetes, nor can you fly...so no, you can't be a fighter pilot if you have diabetes.
Most military fighter jets run with a single pilot and a flight officer. The Flight Officer is not trained to fly the aircraft.
8 seconds according to an F-18 fighter pilot.
In a sense, modern commercial aircraft and many military fighter aircraft are already flying robotic devices. Built in computer controls fly many of the airplanes that are in the air at this moment, it's called "fly by wire". Some of the fighter aircraft are so difficult to keep in the air, the only way to actually perform that task without tiring out the pilot is to have the computer manage the control surfaces while the pilot only appears to fly the airplane. As for commercial aircraft, auto-pilot is certainly a robotic function.
Fly Fighter happened in 1989.
Fly Fighter was created in 1989.
Buzz Aldrin flew 66 combat missions as a fighter pilot during the Korean War in 1953.
A fighter jet can just barely fly without the canopy. It would totally upset the pitch of the aircraft and it would have to fly very slowly due to the incoming wind. If the aircraft was above 12,000 feet this lack of pressure would affect the pilot, he would have to lose altitude and land the aircraft soon.
I believe that would be Messerschmitt test pilot Fritz Wendel when he flew the third prototype of Me 262 on 18 July 1942.
Anyone can own a fighter jet yet not everyone is able to fly them. For example in Australia a jet pilot licence is needed. This licence is near impossible for civilians to obtain. It is only usually issued to military pilots or in extreame conditions. without that licence you cannot fly it but you can own one.
you pilot a plane
The book "Mayor" was written by Martha McSally, a former United States Senator and Air Force pilot. It details her experiences as the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat and her subsequent career in politics.