Autopilot reducing the pilot's workload. Lawrence Sperry (the son of famous inventor Elmer Sperry) demonstrated it in 1914 at an aviation safety contest held in Paris. At the contest, Sperry demonstrated the credibility of the invention by flying the aircraft with his hands away from the controls and visible to onlookers of the contest. Elmer Sperry Jr., the son of Lawrence Sperry, and Capt Shiras continued work after the war on the same autopilot, and in 1930 they tested a more compact and reliable autopilot which kept a US Army Air Corps aircraft on a true heading and altitude for three
The Invention of Curried Sausage in Germany-but it bites and invigorates nonetheless,”. In general, "The Invention of Curried Sausage" has been praised by book reviewers, websites, and newspapers since its German language release in 1993. While "The Invention of Curried Sausage" is a work of fiction, and the invention detailed in the book is untrue, the German delicacy, currywurst, has a rich history of its own. Currywurst is believed to have been invented by Herta Heuwer in West Berlin in 1949. Historians believe that she experimented with pepper and paprika until she formulated her well known curry sauce. Currywurst has become so popular in Germany