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Hewitt-Sperry, the first unmanned Aircraft (jan 1, 1916 – sep 30, 1917)

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The Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane successfully flew, demonstrating that unmanned aircraft flights were possible. The Hewitt-Sperry was controlled through gyroscopes. It was intended to act as a flying bomb.

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Date:

jan 1, 1916
sep 30, 1917
~ 1 years and 8 months

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