James 'Jimmy' Doolittle performs first blind flight

James 'Jimmy' Doolittle performs first blind flight / Doolittle in plane pulling hood over his head / Doolittle narrates his flight: 'taking off under a hood flying a prescribed course and landing back under the hood without ever having seen out of the airplane. ...out of that came two instruments: the artificial horizon and directional gyro...' / CU artificial horizon instrument / CU directional gyro and cockpit. James 'Jimmy' Doolittle performs first blind flight at Mitchell Field on September 24, 1929 in Long Island, New York (Footage by Getty Images)

James 'Jimmy' Doolittle performs first blind flight / Doolittle in plane pulling hood over his head / Doolittle narrates his flight: 'taking off under a hood flying a prescribed course and landing back under the hood without ever having seen out of the airplane. ...out of that came two instruments: the artificial horizon and directional gyro...' / CU artificial horizon instrument / CU directional gyro and cockpit. James 'Jimmy' Doolittle performs first blind flight at Mitchell Field on September 24, 1929 in Long Island, New York (Footage by Getty Images)
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Credit:
Onyx Media, Llc - Footage
Editorial #:
145012946
Collection:
Archive Films: Editorial
Date created:
September 24, 1929
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:36:23
Location:
Long Island, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit H.264 HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm OCN 24p
Source:
Archive Films Editorial
Object name:
33426_1stBlindFlight_030712_master.mov