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To: NCLaw441
Don’t you have to see the instruments?

How does a blind person read a book?

181 posted on 07/15/2011 7:36:04 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat

You posted: How does a blind person read a book?
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I don’t see how that compares to flying a plane? I could ask, “How does a blind person catch a baseball?” Which would be a closer analogy than reading a book. I understand that aircraft instruments might be able to be made in some sort of Braille form, or perhaps they could “talk” (although there are several instruments that need to be “read” pretty much at the same time (altimeter, airspeed indicator and artificial horizon, to name three). But even in IFR conditions there is taxiing and at least some need for vision, especially at landing.


183 posted on 07/15/2011 8:43:23 AM PDT by NCLaw441 (I before E except after C, or when sounded as A in neighbor and weigh. Isn't that WEIRD?)
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