https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152884
Visually unmediated flight is one of those things one expects insects to evolve regularly but which seems to be almost nonexistent for some reason (even Tenebrionidae have larger eyes in flighted than flightless species, said some paper I'm too lazy to refind).
Addendum, 12/21: I also suspect some (perhaps even most) epigean Tipulidae may be capable of flying more or less correctly if experimentally blinded.
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