Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927 in this cockpit: https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow_lg/public/images/exhibition

Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927 in this cockpit: https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow_lg/public/images/exhibitions/hero-images/2001-136h.jpg https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/slides... Note the lack of front window. A periscope was installed at the last minute at the behest of a sponsor, (much to the chagrin of Lindbergh) but there's no evidence that it was ever used. And that was before cameras and in-cockpit AR!