Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.

Jimmy Doolittle

United States Air Force general and Medal of Honor recipient

James Harold Doolittle was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his raid on Japan during World War II, known as the Doolittle Raid in his honor. He made early coast-to-coast flights and record-breaking speed flights, won many…