First Flights with Neil Armstrong

Season 3 Episode 6: Flying Blind

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.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

3

Episodes:

39

Cast:

Neil Armstrong

Quality:

HD

Duration:

25 min

First Air:

1991

Rating:

-