WordNet
fly blind
v. fly an airplane solely by relying on instruments
Usage examples of "fly blind".
Bats could fly blind at night, or even-as experimenters had discov- ered-when the animals had been physically blinded, because of their echo-sounding-their sonar.
We can't just fly blind above the Common all night, heading for nowhere in particular.
Some balked, but most came along, even though Booster demanded they slave their navicomputers to the Skate's and fly blind with him to their destination.
Packed with the most sophisticated instruments, they could virtually fly blind.