Flying "Blind"

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Title

Flying "Blind"

Description

The National Bureau of Standards used one of the Army Aviation School hangars to store planes for use in the development of radio navigational aids for "blind flying." The first "completely blind" flight took place at College Park in August 1929.

Date

1929

Files

2024_0002_031 1929 Hangar used for Radio Equipment.jpg

Citation

“Flying "Blind",” College Park Aviation Museum, accessed March 12, 2026, https://www.cpam.artinterp.org/items/show/59.