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Autopilot

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Cockpit
Aviation History

Examining over 100 years of flight automation and the history of the autopilot

The automatic pilot (‘autopilot’) has to be one of aviation’s finest technological inventions. Yet, it is also one…
ByLuke Peters
April 4, 2025
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