autopilot

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• The Dragon features a full-time autopilot program, requiring no astronaut intervention.

• I 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.

• A lot of autopilot systems are even capable of safely and smoothly landing planes.

• The country has been pretty much on autopilot with its top ministers, including Modi, seldom seen.

• The autopilot would be used throughout a normal flight because the 777, like all large airliners, is difficult to fly manually.

• Frequent 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.

• The autopilot functioned perfectly, however, and Logan trusted it to the point of insouciance.