engaged the autopilot
1autopilot — /ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət/ (say awtoh.puyluht) noun 1. a device in an aircraft s control system that can be engaged to keep an aircraft flying on a pre set course. –phrase 2. on autopilot, a. (of an aircraft) flying under the control of the autopilot. b. (of …
2Garmin G1000 — The Garmin G1000 is an integrated flight instrument system manufactured by Garmin typically composed of two display units, one serving as a primary flight display, and one as a multi function display. It serves as a replacement for most… …
3Lotfernrohr 7 — The Carl Zeiss Lotfernrohr 7, or Lotfe 7, was the primary late war bombsight used in most Luftwaffe level bombers. It started replacing the simpler Lotfernrohr 3 and BZG 2 in 1942, eventually replacing them completely. It was an advanced… …
4Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane — The Hewitt Sperry Automatic Airplane was a project undertaken during World War I to develop an aerial torpedo, also called a flying bomb or pilotless aircraft, capable of carrying explosives to its target. It is considered by some to be a… …
51960 U-2 incident — The 1960 U 2 incident occurred during the Cold War on May 1, 1960 when an American U 2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. At first, the United States government denied the plane s purpose and mission, but was forced to admit its role… …
6Autoland — In aviation, autoland describes a system that fully automates the landing phase of an aircraft s flight, with the human crew merely supervising the process.DescriptionAutoland systems were designed to make landing possible in visibility too poor… …
7Flash Airlines Flight 604 — Accident summary Date 3 January 2004 …
8Korean Air Lines Flight 007 — Flight 007 redirects here. For other uses, see Flight 7 (disambiguation). Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Artist s rendition of HL7442, the KAL 747 lost during Flight 007 Occurrence summary …
9Flight control modes (electronic) — New aircraft designs like this Boeing 777 rely on sophisticated flight computers to aid and protect the aircraft in flight. These are governed by computational laws which assign flight control modes during flight Aircraft with fly by wire flight… …
10Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 — MiG 23 A Soviet Air Force MiG 23MLD Role Interceptor/Fighter (M series) …
