Lawrence Sperry staved a hole in it. In 1979, Sperry was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. Sperry was inducted into the Naval Aviation Hall of Honor at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida, in 1992. Lawrence Sperry Lawrence Burst Sperry (21 December 1892, Chicago, Illinois, United States – December 13, 1923, English Channel) was an aviation pioneer. He was the third son of the gyrocompass co-inventor, Elmer Ambrose Sperry and his wife Zula. Sperry invented the first autopilot, which he demonstrated with startling success in France in
Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 Maine to Georgia was begun in 1922. By 1923, the roads authorized by the act had been completed. Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921, also called the Phipps Act (November 9, 1921, , ), sponsored by Sen. Lawrence C. Phipps (R) of Colorado, defined the Federal Aid Road program to develop an immense national highway system. The plan was crafted by the head of the National Highway Commission, Thomas MacDonald and was the first coherent plan for the nation's future roads. L. I. Hewes opened the Western Headquarters Office of the Bureau of