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ROUND THE WORLD with the- Automatic Pilot

[[box]] RECEIVED AT [[box]]
Postal Telegraph
THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
Commercial Cables    All American Cables
Mackay   Radio

[[box]] This is a full rate Telegram, Cablegram or Radiogram unless otherwise indicated by signal in the check or in the address. 
DL | DAY LETTER
NL | NIGHT LETTER
NM | NIGHT MESSAGE
LCO | DEFERRED CABLE
NLT | NIGHT CABLE LETTER
WLT | WEEK END CABLE LETTER
RADIOGRAM [[box]]

1933 JUL 21 PM 7 57
[[CUT OFF]] ECT VIA SEATTLE = FAIRBANKS ALASKA 139 P JULY 21 1933
SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO 40 FLATBUSH AVE BROOKLYN NY)

PILOT WORKED ALL TIME EXCEPT SHORT TIME WHEN LINE BROKE STOP BEEN IMPOSSIBLE FLY SUCH WEATHER WITHOUT =
POST

Telephone Your Telegrams to Postal Telegraph

The line referred to in above telegram is the oil supply line.  

"The days when human skill alone and an almost bird-like sense of direction enabled a flier to hold his course for long hours through a starless night or a fog are over. Commercial flying in the future will be automatic."
Quotation from N.Y. TIMES 
Editorial of July 24th, 1933. 

SPERRY   SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO., Inc.
BROOKLYN - NEW YORK

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