TechStuff Tidbits: The First Flight Simulator
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Flight Instruments - You Can't See Anything
In 1929, a pilot named Jimmy Doolittle performed a pretty daring task. He flew in an aircraft in which his view of the outside world was obstructed. So he felt that pilots were relying too heavily on their own senses. The instruments were there to tell the pilot what's really going on.
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