[NFBC-Info] Sky Diving

[David Andrews]

I think Curtis Chong also did it a few years back.

Dave

At 11:29 AM 11/8/2021, you wrote:
>         hello.  Many years ago, one of our members, Michael Bailiff, went sky
>diving.  He is totally blind.  He wrote an article about his experience in
>the Braille Monitor.  I don't remember which issue.  Michael now lives in
>Baltimore and is not in the NFB, but you can still find him and I'm sure he
>would be willing to tell you about his experience.  Or, if the search on
>the nfb.org site is good, perhaps the article can be found.  I'll see if I
>can find it.
>As I remember it, he didn't need any special accommodation.  The only thing
>that might be an issue, since I assume you're going with a trainer who will
>be jumping in tandem with you, is to ask the instructor to tell you when to
>prepare to hit the ground, so you don't  increase yor risk of breaking a
>limb.
>
>Have fun and, do, write a refreshed followup article on your experience for
>the Monitor.
>
>-Brian