Aircraft & Rockets

A World Cruiser Cockpit

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The technology of blind flying--standard flight instruments and a new innovation.

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Each World Cruiser was equipped with standard flight instruments, but no radio or advanced navigational aids other than an earth inductor compass, a new type of compass that was an improvement over previous designs.

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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (SI A-32568-B).

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SI A-32568-B
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