[Nfbf-l] re sight is required

[David Evans]

Dear Matt and All,

A few years back, we had a Blind pilot from England speak to us , as a key 
note speaker, about his setting a new world's record in an ultra-light 
airplane that he flew by himself.
He was also the first man, Blind or not, to fly an ultra-light plane across 
the English Channel.
He was planning a ultra-light flight from England to Australia after the 
Convention at which he spoke.
He had special equipment such as a very accurate radio altimeter that could 
measure in inches the distance to the ground.  He also flew with another 
plane that could give him some help by radio.

I myself, have some 265 hours at the controls of several planes and I was 
legally blind then.
I love to fly.  I knew I could not get a license so I did the next best 
thing, I learned to design and build them.  The SR-71 Blackbird and the 
F-117 Night Hawk are two that I had a hand in designing and building.

David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Roberts" <blindbiker at yahoo.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] re sight is required


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> On Jun 27, 2011, at 7:19 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote:
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>> What do you mean so you're telling me that just because you're blind you 
>> can't fly a plane? that's not true. I read some article on the internet 
>> about a totally blind person who modified a plane with computers and 
>> speech technology so he could fly it by himself.
>>
> You're talking about flying a plane on a computer, not the real thing.  NO 
> blind person could go to an airport, get into a plane, and fly wherever 
> he/she wants.
>
>
> Matt Roberts blindbiker at yahoo.com
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