Pleasant Grove Review | 1933-07-28 | Page 6 | Automatic Pilot that Operates Airplanes

Automatic Pilot That OperatesAirT I - t t V I v I" fl 11 f -'! , yX"X II A DEVICE that will actually fly t " ..V- ".-iP K N J ri an airplane has been perfected ! 1 -w,w C and tested by United States Vir f " If , ''? Lines after two years of secret ex- I "V 1 f -7 ?Y N perlments Walter Addems, chief . ,' 1 i v 3 pilot of the eastern division, is I 'rv -"CCZ-- "V" '4.''' N shown Inspecting the device which .' if , 1 causes a plane to climb to an de- l . ( " v v - j s.red altitude, to level off and to as ' - - 1 sume a predeteimined course, as v ttei as to make predetermined - , I turns, without the pilot touching the ' , , "- j controls. It relieves pilots of active I manipulation of the controls except ' lw"r JZl during landings and take offs. A DEVICE that will actually fly an airplane has been perfected and tested by United States Vir Lines after two years of secret experiments. ex-periments. Walter Addems, chief pilot of the eastern division. Is shown Inspecting the device, which causes a plane to climb to an desired de-sired altitude, to level off and to assume as-sume a predetermined course, as well as to make predetermined turns, without the pilot touching the controls. It relieves pilots of active-manipulation active-manipulation of the controls except during landings and take offs.