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Definition of automatic pilot in English: automatic pilotnoun A device for keeping an aircraft on a set course without the intervention of the pilot. Example sentencesExamples - The automatic pilot had been programmed to fly the plane to Athens airport, and it was unclear how or why it had been disengaged, he said.
- Of course, formation flying was no place for an automatic pilot, but for lead ships in the formation they would have been really handy.
- After climbing out and disappearing from sight above the clouds, the pilot switched on the automatic pilot and sat back, the story goes.
- The speed valves control the rate at which the automatic pilot reacts to bring the airplane back on its course.
- He changed course to starboard and, implementing David's suggestion, set the automatic pilot and went to make himself some coffee, which he wanted badly.
- As Flight Engineer he must monitor the various manoeuvres, which are performed by automatic pilot, making sure that everything runs smoothly.
- The automatic pilot is engaged, but the pilots don't relax until we leave dangerous airspace.
- In 1965, a British European Airways jet airliner made the first landing by automatic pilot.
- In the Indiana crash, the automatic pilot shut down when the icing became extreme and returned control of the craft to the pilots.
- Disengage the automatic pilot and contact the control tower for clearance.
- Those conditions forced its automatic pilot to change course quickly.
Phrases Acting or functioning without conscious thought, as a result of routine or habit. I leapt out of bed and dressed on automatic pilot Example sentencesExamples - Having seen this quartet perform before, I was alarmed at how tired and bored the violinist looked, almost appearing as if he was playing this glorious first violin part on automatic pilot.
- It is a sentence written by someone who is writing on automatic pilot, putting down the thoughts pretty much as they popped into her head, and not bothering to arrange them in a sensible order once they were set down on paper.
- I'm functioning on automatic pilot and am by then well on my way into the second half pint of coffee.
- They often lead their private lives on automatic pilot, but many of them feel seriously deprived, because they don't have real emotional connections.
- If you're unsure of your parenting skills, try taking on one task at a time and doing it regularly - you'll soon be operating on automatic pilot.
- She walked on automatic pilot to the tube and changed trains at Embankment without waking up.
- Sometimes a conductor stands in front of musicians, waves his or her arms, they respond on automatic pilot, and you get serviceable, dull music and the waste of a conductor's fee.
Synonyms distractedly, inattentively, abstractedly, unheedingly, carelessly, absent-mindedly, on automatic pilot
Definition of automatic pilot in US English: automatic pilotnounˈˌɔdəˈmædɪk ˈpaɪlətˈˌôdəˈmadik ˈpīlət A device for keeping an aircraft on a set course without the intervention of the pilot. Example sentencesExamples - The automatic pilot had been programmed to fly the plane to Athens airport, and it was unclear how or why it had been disengaged, he said.
- After climbing out and disappearing from sight above the clouds, the pilot switched on the automatic pilot and sat back, the story goes.
- The automatic pilot is engaged, but the pilots don't relax until we leave dangerous airspace.
- Disengage the automatic pilot and contact the control tower for clearance.
- The speed valves control the rate at which the automatic pilot reacts to bring the airplane back on its course.
- In the Indiana crash, the automatic pilot shut down when the icing became extreme and returned control of the craft to the pilots.
- He changed course to starboard and, implementing David's suggestion, set the automatic pilot and went to make himself some coffee, which he wanted badly.
- As Flight Engineer he must monitor the various manoeuvres, which are performed by automatic pilot, making sure that everything runs smoothly.
- Those conditions forced its automatic pilot to change course quickly.
- Of course, formation flying was no place for an automatic pilot, but for lead ships in the formation they would have been really handy.
- In 1965, a British European Airways jet airliner made the first landing by automatic pilot.
Phrases Acting or functioning without conscious thought, as a result of routine or habit. I leapt out of bed and dressed on automatic pilot Example sentencesExamples - If you're unsure of your parenting skills, try taking on one task at a time and doing it regularly - you'll soon be operating on automatic pilot.
- It is a sentence written by someone who is writing on automatic pilot, putting down the thoughts pretty much as they popped into her head, and not bothering to arrange them in a sensible order once they were set down on paper.
- They often lead their private lives on automatic pilot, but many of them feel seriously deprived, because they don't have real emotional connections.
- Sometimes a conductor stands in front of musicians, waves his or her arms, they respond on automatic pilot, and you get serviceable, dull music and the waste of a conductor's fee.
- I'm functioning on automatic pilot and am by then well on my way into the second half pint of coffee.
- Having seen this quartet perform before, I was alarmed at how tired and bored the violinist looked, almost appearing as if he was playing this glorious first violin part on automatic pilot.
- She walked on automatic pilot to the tube and changed trains at Embankment without waking up.
Synonyms distractedly, inattentively, abstractedly, unheedingly, carelessly, absent-mindedly, on automatic pilot
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