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gyropilot

[jahy-ruh-pahy-luht] / ˈdʒaɪ rəˌpaɪ lət /
NOUN
automatic pilot
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The gyropilot is so expert that it gives passengers a smoother ride than can the pilot himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

A pioneer of air instruments and of blind flying, Lawrence Sperry invented such indispensable aids to flight as the gyropilot, bank & turn indicator, early efficient parachute.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most promising indication was the fact that an integral part of the system is the Sperry gyropilot.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gyropilot acts much more quickly and holds a course more steadily than a human pilot can.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eagerly, he punched the figures for the heading onto a magnetized wire that would be fed into the gyropilot.

From Deepfreeze by Locke, Robert Donald