Further to #28
The Silver Wing service took coach loads of passengers from London (Victoria) to Manston and further coaches to Paris etc. For some it may have been an alternative to a "joy ride" as a first flight. And in a proper 4-engined airliner, too !
Thr Hermes A/P, if used, would have had the rudder channel switched off, otherwise one got a "fish-tail" effect - side to side. Of course the GCA was fully manual from 1500ft.
The later flight mentioned, into a busy terminal, made use of that A/P height and speed locks with the F/E adjusting power to alternately obtain the other factor, without words of command. This was to reduce the amount of "verbal clutter" which might have obscured some ATC Commands. It seemed to work quite well.
LT
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