Chelton Avionics / Sperry Corp. / Smiths Industries / Chelton Group / Sorcerer AS Radio / Century Flight Systems Century Flight Systems / Honeywell / Bendix / Century Flight Systems / Meggitt / Lawrence Sperry Aircraft Co. / /
Country
Italy / United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Facility
University of Bologna / / /
IndustryTerm
electronics technology / airline autopilots / extreme bank / manufacturing autopilots / autopilot systems / avionics equipment / flight management systems / integrated flight control systems / control systems / autopilot technology / electronics / electronic flight instrument systems / standalone systems / computing / flight control systems / /
NaturalFeature
Roll channel / Panel mount / DigiTrak Roll channel / /
Organization
Federal Aviation Administration / University of Bologna / Aircraft Electronics Association / /
Person
Steve Fossett / Don Mitchell / Giuseppe Basile / Elmer Sperry / Lawrence Sperry / / /
Position
turn coordinator / simple DigiTrak computer/controller / King division / turn-coordinator / mode selector/programmer / flight director / Messenger / director / HSI / single-cue V-bar flight director / King / radio-stack computer/controller / Professor / coordinator / pilot / computer/controller / controller / /
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