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...pass that plan and put it on autopilot, I think we'll find a lot of people on the streets," Malone said...

Author: By R. ALAN Leo, | Title: Malone Describes Years as Treasurer | 7/2/1996 | See Source »

...purchases needed to defend the dollar's fixed value. The result? A mild business downturn could spiral into something far worse. Sticking with the gold standard in this situation would be the economic equivalent of a pilot's refusing, upon seeing a collision ahead, to take the plane off autopilot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: THE VIEW FROM UP HERE | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

...year-old Fossett, who has climbed some of the world's tallest peaks, set records in ballooning and sailing and completed Alaska's 1,100-mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race, lifted off from South Dakota's Black Hills early Monday and immediately ran into trouble. A faulty autopilot system, extreme cold and a dead heater left him with just three hours sleep in two days. Then the electrical and communications systems failed. As a pair of helicopters combed the region, Fossett changed course and headed for the Canadian Coast rather than risk landing in the frigid Bay of Fundy. Searchers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Landing | 1/10/1996 | See Source »

...typically modest about the technical feat of making Apollo 13. "I always feel like I'm flying by the seat of my pants," he says, chuckling. "I could carry the analogy further and say I haven't even come close to making a movie on autopilot yet. I hope I never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: NICE GUY AT MISSION CONTROL | 7/3/1995 | See Source »

Federal investigators say planes like the American Eagle that crashed in Indiana last week should be temporarily barred from flying in conditions that could cause steering mechanism icing. This development follows mounting evidence that the plane rolled out of control while on autopilot in just such conditions. The FAA has already barred crews of the ATR-72 -- the model of the American Eagle plane -- and of the similar ATR-42 from using the automatic pilot in icing conditions. But in a letter yesterday the government's National Transportation Safety Board urged the FAA to take the planes out of service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIANA CRASH . . . PLANES BARRED FROM ICY CONDITIONS | 11/8/1994 | See Source »

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