Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane
The Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane was a project undertaken during World War I to develop a flying bomb, or pilotless aircraft capable of carrying explosives to its target. It is considered by some to be a precursor of the cruise missile.
| Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane | |
|---|---|
| Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane in 1918 | |
| Role | Missile |
| National origin | United States |
| Designer | Elmer Sperry Peter Cooper Hewitt |
| First flight | September 1917 |
| Status | Development discontinued |
| Primary user | United States Navy |
| Number built | 7 Curtiss Model N-based prototypes 6 Curtiss-Sperry Flying Bomb prototypes |
| Developed from | Curtiss Model N |
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