Doolittle and the First "Blind Flight"
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Doolittle made the first “blind flight” in September 1929.
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Doolittle made the first “blind flight” on September 24, 1929. He took off in the Guggenheim Fund’s Consolidated NY-2, flew a set course, and landed while under a fabric hood and unable to see outside the airplane. He relied entirely on a directional gyro, artificial horizon, sensitive altimeter, and radio navigation.
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (SI 79-9405).
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SI 79-9405
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1929
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