Photo By Michael Weber | A variant of the Sperry bombsight undergoing evaluation by the Engineering Division in...... read more read more
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The Engineering Division (An Aerospace Systems Directorate precursor) worked with the Sperry Gyroscope Co. to develop a number of bombsights.
One, developed by the Army Air Service and built by Sperry in 1928, the Inglis L-1, synchronized the airspeed, altitude, ground speed and the bomb's ballistics. It also had a gyroscopic stabilizer and an automatic bomb release. They then merged a very accurate bombsight developed by Carl Norden for the Navy with an automatic pilot developed by Sperry for the Army. This arrangement gave the bombardier control over the aircraft during the final approach to the target. Although not as accurate as the coming Norden bombsight, the interwar bombsights proved far superior to those the U.S. Army Air Service used that were provided by the Allies in WWI.
| Date Taken: | 09.04.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 09.16.2024 07:25 |
| Story ID: | 480099 |
| Location: | US |
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