Lawrence Sperry 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 1914. Sperry is also credited with developing the artificial horizon still used on most aircraft in the early 21st century. On 13 December 1923 Sperry took off amid fog in a Verville-Sperry M-1 Messenger from the United Kingdom headed for France but never reached his destination. His body
Social aid for the elimination of rape Social aid for the elimination of rape Social Aid For the Elimination of Rape (SAFER) is a Canadian humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization that was formed in 2004. SAFER was created in response to the unprecedented sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The organization works in collaboration with staff at the Panzi Hospital, located on the outskirts of Bukavu, South Kivu, DRC. The Panzi Hospital has attracted a lot of media attention in the West because Dr. Denis Mukwege, the director of the hospital and Congolese gynecologist, treats women that have incurred a fistula condition as a consequence of