The B-17 Ghost Plane

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[–]1Icemonkey 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

What a crock of shit. There was no “auto-pilot” mode on the B-17.

[–]RupertTaylor493[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I direct you to the following

http://www.398th.org/Research/B17_AFCE.html

that describes the Automatic Flight Control Equipment installed on B-17s.

[–]1Icemonkey 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I can appreciate that. However, that is flight control, not auto pilot, and nowhere in there is anything mentioned about landing the plane. All that system is doing is transferring controls and performing other airborne movements. My grandfather was a pilot in the 19th bomb group in the South Pacific. I personally have flown on the “909”. I own a b17 flight manual.