Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane
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The Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane was a project undertaken during World War I to develop a flying bomb, or pilotless aircraft capable of carrying explosives to its target. It is considered by some to be a precursor of the cruise missile.
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Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane in 1918 | |
Role | Missile |
National origin | United States |
Designer | Elmer Sperry Peter Cooper Hewitt |
First flight | September 1917 |
Status | Development discontinued |
Primary user | United States Navy |
Number built | 7 Curtiss Model N-based prototypes 6 Curtiss-Sperry Flying Bomb prototypes |
Developed from | Curtiss Model N |
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