SAFETY DEVICES
FOR NEW AEROPLANES. THE LATEST MACHINE. REDUCES PILOT’S DUTIES. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received Jan. 4, 1.20 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 3. The recent tendency of aeroplane aa-fety devices to turn the pilot into something in th© nature of a mere machine minder is exemplified in the newest express machine built for the Imperial Airway. It is specially designed for night Hying and is fitted with improved gyroscopic mechanism, not only controlling the action of the rudder, but automatically the keeping of the’ ’plane stable and on the right course. The pilot simply regulates the speed of the engines and the 'altitude of the eiiaft.—Reuter.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 4 January 1926, Page 9
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105SAFETY DEVICES Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 4 January 1926, Page 9
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