BRITISH AVIATION
GYROSCOPIC MACHINES REMARKABLE CAPABIL IT E S LONDON, Juno 4. New aeroplanes equipped with a gyroscopic apparatus, known as the “pilot s assister, ’’ are being completed by the Air Ministry for longdistance Empire defence experiments. Their engine is the same as that or the machine which crashed in Tunis during the attempt on the long-dis-tance record in December, .1929 The purpose of the machines is to fly to different parts of the Empire without refuelling in foreign territory. The first trial is likely to be an attempt on the world’s non-stop record from London to Capetown. The gyroscopic apparatus automatically controls the rudders and elevators, so that the aeroplane, once on its course, becomes a robot. The pilots allow the machine to take care of itself. The device was tried by Royal Air Force light bombers for 400 miles in a straight line, and they only deviated i a few yards.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 140, 16 June 1931, Page 7
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