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First flight through a cloud? (Read 1014 times)

Apr 9^th, 2008 at 10:45pm

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I was just wondering--do you suppose the first person to fly a plane through a cloud may have been a little apprehensive?

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Reply #1 - Apr 10^th, 2008 at 3:41pm

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He wasn't paying attention to where he was going -- he wouldn't have hit into it if he hadn't been in such a fog.

P.S. Does this actually have any particular historical significance or are you just letting off puffs of steam?

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Reply #2 - Apr 10^th, 2008 at 8:28pm

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I was letting off some kind of gas but I'm not sure what it was.

Seriously though, flying through a cloud without any kind of visual reference, possibly getting disoriented. Maybe that influenced the designs of the first attitude reference instruments...?

Again, more gas.

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Reply #3 - Apr 11^th, 2008 at 9:23am

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jimclarke wrote on Apr 10^th, 2008 at 8:28pm:

Seriously though, flying through a cloud without any kind of visual reference, possibly getting disoriented. Maybe that influenced the designs of the first attitude reference instruments...?

This is a very interesting subject. The legendary James H Doolittle is credited with the first totally blind flight (including take off & landing) in the history of aviation on 24th September, 1929. He flew the aircraft from "under the hood" & despite his protests was accompanied by a safety pilot in the second open cockpit of the Consolidated NY-2 at the insistence of the authorities. http://www.afa.org/magazine/1993/1193doolittle.html
General Doolittle's biography is well worth a read.

Albert Francis Hegenberger made the first solo blind flight at Wright Field. Dayton, Ohio on 9th May, 1932. http://www.firstflight.org/shrine/albert_hegenberger.cfm

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Reply #4 - Apr 11^th, 2008 at 2:19pm

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James Doolittle was a fascinating man. I wonder where aviation would be today without him.

Thanks for the info on Albert Francis Hegenberger. I've actually never heard of him before, which is surprising due to the large amount of aviation history I've studied over the years.

Happy Flying,

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