Show BOMBER BOBBER FLIES TOTALLY BLIND LANGLEY FIELD V Va a. a April 6 The RI-The The first totally blind flight in the history of aviation was completed Saturday by a United Slates States army air corps 22 ton bomber as it landed land d at Langley Field from Mitchell Field N. N Y Major Carl B B. McDaniel a native native native na na- na- na tive of Texas took off flew and landed t entirely by instruments The giant motored four-motored plane touched its wheels to the ground at the big army base here at 1206 p. p m. m E E. S S. S T T. two hours and two t minutes after leaving Mitch Mitchell ll Field The instrument landing was no bumpier than a landing under normal normal normal nor nor- mal conditions when the pilot can see the ground in front of him Major McDaniel In charge of ofa a crew of six men was shut off from all outside contact by a canvas canvas canvas can can- vas screen around his side of the cockpit I J JAs As As he neared he did an an orientation problem to check his position by th the radio beam then slowly drifted toward the field The landing was effected by means of pf crew radio r dio markers which indicated to Major McDaniel that his big plane was headed directly di directly directly di- di for the surface of the airport airport airport air air- port in a gentle glide Keeping his glide constant and with his engine giving him plenty of airspeed air airspeed airspeed speed he only had to wait wall for his wheels to touch louch the ground |