First Flights with Neil Armstrong

3 Season
39 Episode

First Flights with Neil Armstrong - Season 3 Episode 6 Flying Blind


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48 minutes 1993 HD

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In the early days of flying, instrumentation was crude. A weighted silk stocking tied to a strut could help the pilot gauge his airspeed. Wartime challenged pilots to learn the techniques of blind flying. Today, pilots use orbiting satellites to pinpoint their position, and complex autopilots enable an aircraft to fly itself.

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