autopilot
Origin of autopilot
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How to use autopilot in a sentence
The Dragon features a full-time autopilot program, requiring no astronaut intervention.
Inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon: Here's How the Inspiration4 Crew Will Fly to Space | Jeffrey Kluger | August 6, 2021 | TimeI just drift through the landscape on autopilot, turning wherever the nice lady in my phone tells me to turn.
Biles admitted to them that she had been operating on a sort of autopilot, doing what was expected of her but not particularly enjoying it.
Simone Biles Is Already the Best Gymnast Ever. She'll Be Even Better for Tokyo | Alice Park | June 24, 2021 | TimeA lot of autopilot systems are even capable of safely and smoothly landing planes.
Google-Funded Startup Merlin Labs Will Soon Fly 55 Autonomous Planes | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | May 27, 2021 | Singularity HubThe country has been pretty much on autopilot with its top ministers, including Modi, seldom seen.
India Needs All the Help It Can Get to Fight COVID-19, But Who Does Humanitarian Aid Really Serve? | Debasish Roy Chowdhury | May 21, 2021 | Time
The autopilot would be used throughout a normal flight because the 777, like all large airliners, is difficult to fly manually.
MH370 Debris Is Lost Forever, Can the Plane Be Found Without It? | Clive Irving | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFrequent attempts to contact the Boeing 737 failed as it flew on under the control of the autopilot.
Australian investigators say they believe the doomed Boeing 777 flew on autopilot and that the crew was incapacitated.
Consequently they had given false readings which, in turn, had caused the autopilot system to shut down.
From infrastructure improvements to entitlement spending, government is on autopilot, according to author Philip K. Howard.
Our Mindless Government Is Heading for a Spending Disaster | Nick Gillespie | April 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe autopilot functioned perfectly, however, and Logan trusted it to the point of insouciance.
Tight Squeeze | Dean Charles IngJason hauled the control wheel into a tight turn and the autopilot gentled it to a soft curve.
Deathworld | Harry HarrisonThe autopilot could not be shut off, it rode along with the manual controls, tempering foolish piloting.
Deathworld | Harry HarrisonHe leaped to the controls, switched off the autopilot, and broke out of orbit, going back for a return look.
Starman's Quest | Robert SilverbergThe autopilot requested, and received, clearance to land at its preassigned base.
Pushbutton War | Joseph P. Martino
British Dictionary definitions for autopilot
/ (ˌɔːtəˈpaɪlət, -təʊ-) /
short for automatic pilot
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