Lawrence Sperry demonstrates "automatic pilot"

Lawrence Burst Sperry (December 22, 1892 – December 23, 1923), was an aviation pioneer. Lawrence Sperry demonstrates an automatic gyrostabilizer at Lake Keuka, Hammond sport, New York. A gyroscope linked to sensors keeps the craft level and traveling in a straight line without aid from the human pilot. Two years later Sperry and his inventor father, Elmer, add a steering gyroscope to the stabilizer gyro and demonstrate the first "automatic pilot."