Example sentences for: autopilot

How can you use “autopilot” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It traveled on autopilot for 1,400 miles before crashing in South Dakota.

  • At 9:29, the autopilot on American 77 was disengaged; the aircraft was at 7,000 feet and approximately 38 miles west of the Pentagon.

  • In the Washington Post , House Ways and Means chairman Bill Archer, R-Texas, accuses Democrats of supporting "big government on autopilot " and argues that the cuts epitomize compassionate conservatism.

  • Air Force F-16s tracking the plane could only watch as it flew on autopilot for over 1,000 miles, ran out of fuel, and plunged into a South Dakota swamp.

  • On commercial aircraft, the autopilot and autothrottle are controlled by an advanced onboard navigational computer called the flight management system (FMS).


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