By David Barry - February 13, 2018
How long do pilots really spend on autopilot?
It’s 70 years since Captain Thomas J. Wells of the US Air Force and his crew made the first transatlantic automatic flight. Captain Wells taxied the Douglas C-54 Skymaster to the end of the runway at Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland, and pressed the master switch button to initiate...
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