Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane and Lawrence Sperry decided that he would be the test pilot. While taxiing it on ice, he hit some slushy snow, and wrecked the plane, though Sperry was unhurt. A second airplane was fitted out, and Sperry managed to get it in the air, but lost control when the automatic pilot was engaged. After two complete rolls, Sperry managed to regain control and land safely. Clearly, though, more attention to flight testing the basic design was needed, particularly in the area of handling qualities. Sperry and his assistant, N. W. Dalton, obtained a Marmon automobile, and mounted the Curtiss-Sperry Flying
To the Aid of Falx To the Aid of Falx To the Aid of Falx is an adventure module published in 1982 for the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. In "To the Aid of Falx", the player characters aid a silver dragon by trying to retrieve five "potions of silver dragon control" from a thieves' lair. R-1 "To the Aid of Falx" was written by Frank Mentzer, with art by Jim Holloway, and published by TSR/RPGA in 1982 as a 16-page booklet with an outer folder. The module was a limited edition, sold only to members of the RPGA. It was later rewritten,