TY - JOUR AB - THE history of the development of instrument landing extends back a dozen years. In 1928 the National Bureau of Standards began work on a system for the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce. Using this system, Lt. James H. Doolittle on September 23, 1929, made the first successful instrument landing in history. VL - 12 IS - 12 SN - 0002-2667 DO - 10.1108/eb030724 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb030724 PY - 1940 Y1 - 1940/01/01 TI - Instrument Landing in the U.S.A.: The Physical Equipment and Method of Operation of the Indianapolis System T2 - Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 370 EP - 372 Y2 - 2024/09/26 ER -