Jimmy Doolittle with the Consolidated NY-2, NX7918. (San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive)
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Jimmy Doolittle with the Consolidated NY-2, NX7918. (San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive)
And it was done without an artificial horizon instrument. Just needle ball and airspeed.
No, Dennis, Doolittle’s Consolidated NY-2 did have an artificial horizon, a directional gyro, a vertical speed indicator, and a marker beacon indicator.