[Blindtlk] Zero or low gravity environments wasRE: TheUnfriendlySkies -- What happened?

[Brian Miller]

Wow, now that's the way to do it!  Plus, you saved yourself about $5K, which
is what I understand  the zero gravity flights cost these days.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 10:21 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Zero or low gravity environments 
> wasRE: TheUnfriendlySkies -- What happened?
> 
> Nope; when I was in grad school, one of my roommates had his 
> pilot's license. Two other students, he and I rented a plane 
> and spent an hour pulling parabolas, one after another. Yes, 
> you can do it in a prop plane if you get high enough. WE pull 
> three or four, climb, and pull another bunch.
> WE did this for an hour. I'm sure the guys at Las Cruces 
> Uni-com thought we were nuts. They were probably right but we 
> had a rattling good time!
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of Brian Miller
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:03 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Zero or low gravity environments was RE:
> TheUnfriendlySkies -- What happened?
> 
> Mike,
> Where did you do yours?  In Vegas with the zero gravity flights?
> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Mike 
> > Freeman
> > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:40 PM
> > To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Zero or low gravity environments was
> > RE: TheUnfriendlySkies -- What happened?
> > 
> > So have I.
> > 
> > Mike Freeman
> > sent from my iPhone
> > 
> > On Apr 4, 2013, at 10:26, "Peter Donahue" 
> > <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Good afternoon everyone,
> > > 
> > >    Mark Riccobono has all ready done it. Ask him.
> > > 
> > > Peter Donahue
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Daniel Garcia" <dangarcia3 at hotmail.com>
> > > To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 8:40 AM
> > > Subject: [Blindtlk] Zero or low gravity environments was RE: The 
> > > UnfriendlySkies -- What happened?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > How would blind people deal with zero G or low G
> > environments?I would
> > > imagine it would be difficult. One of those great things
> > about gravity
> > > is that you can use it to tap your cane and that you don't
> > fly off in
> > > any unknown direction.
> > > 
> > > Daniel
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > Behalf Of David
> > > Evans
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 12:03 AM
> > > To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] The Unfriendly Skies -- What happened?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Dear Mike,
> > > 
> > > I still have hope for indoor navigation apps as long as I can get 
> > > direction, position location, distance and points of interest 
> > > information and maybe a audio description of the area, its
> > shape, size
> > > and location of Poi's within it, it may give me enough info
> > to go on instead of using a sighted guide.
> > > If I can find my gate, know if it is on the left or right,
> > ahead of me
> > > or behind me, how far and maybe have a method of telling 
> me if I am 
> > > veering off cores to the left or right, it could work for me.
> > > Afterall, I never thought that we would see a way that we
> > could use a
> > > touch
> > 
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