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...spin axis in relation to the "fixed" stars-or any other points of reference-no matter on what path it is carried by the motion of a vehicle or the rotation of the earth. Such a gyroscope is one element of Inertial Guidance. The other element is an electronic "Schuler pendulum" that always points toward the center of the earth, regardless of an aircraft's acceleration (speeding up or slowing down).* The unchanging gyroscope line and the line of the plumb bob, which tells which way is down, form an angle that changes as the plane follows the earth...
From the angle made by the platform and the Schuler-pendulum, corrected by a chronometer which allows for the earth's rotation, exact readings of a plane's (or missile's) latitude and longitude are made, then translated into instructions for the servomechanisms that operate the controls. (A variant of this layout, not described by Draper, uses similar gyros to fix position, radios continuously back to home base for flight instructions.) Throughout the flight, the control system also operates like a normal automatic pilot, making necessary minor corrections for pitch, yaw and roll...
Born. To Patrice Munsel, 30, Metropolitan Opera coloratura, and Robert Schuler, 34, TV producer and director: their second child, first son. Name: Rhett Carroll. Weight...
Born. To Patrice Munsel, 28, Metropolitan Opera soprano, and Robert Charles Carroll Schuler, 32, candy heir and TV director: their first child, a daughter; in Manhattan. Name: Heidi Ann. Weight...
Married. Patrice Munsel, 27, Spokane-born Metropolitan Opera soprano; and Robert Charles Carroll Schuler, 31, candy heir and television director; in Manhasset...