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automatic pilot

noun

Aeronautics. Also called automatic, autopilot, gyropilot, robot. an airborne electronic control system that automatically maintains a preset heading and attitude.

automatic pilot

Also calledautopilot a device that automatically maintains an aircraft on a preset course
on automatic pilot informal.
acting without conscious thought because of tiredness, shock, or familiarity with the task being performed

First recorded in 1915–20

Tell them that true friendship does not thrive on an automatic pilot.

Sherman flattened out, and without paying any attention to direction, snapped in the automatic pilot and reached for his gun.

Without orders, without clearance papers, without an automatic pilot check.

By the exercise of his will he has set his course, and on that course he will stay as if guided by an automatic pilot.

He punched down the keys, and sat back to wait for the automatic pilot to carry him out from Earth.

The pilot took over manual control from the automatic pilot.

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