WRIGHTS' AUTOMATIC STABILIZER
In a follow-up to Anthony E. Pomata's excellent historical summary of powered controls (AW&ST Feb. 2, p. 6), the earliest such control was developed by the Wright brothers using an angle-of-attack sensor with a compressed air mechanism connected to the canard surface. This worked as a "stick-pusher"...
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