No stabs, but this is O.K.

[KenSandyEggo]

Blind Pilot To Fly Plane Around Britain



July 12, 2004 — A British man, who lost his sight at the age of 12, on Monday set off on a daring bid to become the first blind pilot to fly a plane around Britain.

Steve Cunningham, 41, flying a single engine Piper Warrior, equipped with vocal command tools to indicate his altitude, speed and geographic position, said non-blind pilots often had to fly their planes in zero visibility conditions, either at night or in the snow or fog, and that his endeavor was not all that different.

He was accompanied by co-pilot Vince Coultan, who will not touch the control panel throughout the flight.

[barnstorm2]

Wow. Good for him!

[KenSandyEggo]

My point was that Brits aren't allowed to install stabs on their gyros to make them safer, but the gubmint allows blind people to fly.

[nsheryka]

:eek:

wow... i just think there are some things blind people should not do.

[KenSandyEggo]

Like driving up to the drive-up ATMs that have instructions in Braille. This is true. They had it at the last bank I did my banking before my present one and I've seen it at other drive-up ATMs.

[Hognose]

Shhhhhh! Shaddup Ken, can you see it in Part 91 already: "The new TSO requires altimeters, variometers, compasses and other required instruments to provide readings in a tactile format, such as Braille, for visually-handicapped pilots."

Think of the handicapped people we can have flying... bipolar syndrome sufferers zooming into the pattern... Munchhausen Syndrome pilots reporting bogus emergencies... (*^%$!@ Tourette's patients tying up the *&%&$!! radio. Blind takes the cake, though.

Look at the bright side though -- we now can have a new sport av organisation: "the flying umpires." Never possible before!

cheers

-=K=-

[Heron]

The U.V.I.U. recents that remark . . .
Union for Visually Impaired Umpires :D
Maybe they just have to stick with singing, uh? (the blind)
Heron

[nsheryka]

Like driving up to the drive-up ATMs that have instructions in Braille. This is true. They had it at the last bank I did my banking before my present one and I've seen it at other drive-up ATMs.


everyone i have ever seen has braille as well!!
:eek:

[aerodynamicdon]

Thanks. I had more fun with that tourettes pilot
scenario .....'f**k*ng tower, s*it, what? Yeah, I'm
on final c**p!!'

[Heron]

I did not posted that last one!
Hacker in our midst?
Heron (the real one)

[REDHORSE556CES]

The FAA (a gu'mint bureacracy of course) many years ago mandated the following placard be placed on certain Bonazas:

"When the fuel gauges register 'E' there is no more useable fuel in the fuel tanks."

I suppose now they will require that in braille.

(Personally, I'm waiting for the braille version of Catherine Zeta-Jones!)

:D