The difficulties in intercepting and following the localizer up to the first overshoot, which is the latest time that a change of pilot and therefore also a change of the primarily used blind flying instruments may be assumed, become evident if one compares the flight path of the first section with that of the second.
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The three-piece canopy was designed for good crash-worthiness and to facilitate blind flying training in daylight, via extendible amber screens and blue-tinted goggles to restrict the pupil's forward vision and simulate night conditions; the cockpit was also equipped with various approach aids to enable operations in a greater range of weather conditions and to undertake night training.
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Although the Navy plane was engaged in blind flying practice, Capt . R . S . Quackenbush Jr ., commanding officer of the Boca Chica Naval Air Station here, said that in such cases " one of the pilots has clear visual observation at all times . " The DC-4 fell just offshore from the " Little White House " where President Truman sometimes vacations.
