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AFRL Tech Museum Series: B-17 Autopilot

Air Force Research Laboratory

Feb. 2, 2022 | 1:11

The world changed when the Wright Brothers conducted their first successful heavier than air flight in 1903 - and that legacy continued only nine years later.

Learn more about early autopilot systems and how they eventually aided the B-17 during its missions with AFRL Senior Historian Jeff Duford at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

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