TEST FOR ROBOT PILOTS
Just as the human pilots of air transports must undergo thorough tests of their skill, the automatic aeroplane pilot must prove its ability in a severe instrument test. Before this "third pilot," which enables an aeroplane to fly a straight course, and corrects any deviation from the intended path of flight, is installed on the sky liner, it is put to a two-hour test on a master machine. This laboratory tester can simulate all the motions of yaw, pitch, and turn encountered in actual flight, subjecting the automatic pilot to more severe conditions than would occur in real service. The pilot being tested records the reactionary force exerted to counteract the movements.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 18, 22 January 1937, Page 11
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116TEST FOR ROBOT PILOTS Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 18, 22 January 1937, Page 11
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