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To: NCLaw441
I could ask, “How does a blind person catch a baseball?”

Beeper ball. I had a blind friend who played little league.

But even in IFR conditions there is taxiing and at least some need for vision, especially at landing.

If a modern jumbo jet can land itself purely by instruments, where is the need for sight? A blind pilot would need help taxiing though.

My whole point here was just that you can be surprised by the number of things disabled people can do given modern technology. There's a debate now about a runner who lost his legs and got them replaced with high-tech running legs, given that he's actually competitive with regular runners. OTOH, there's nothing that'll let this girl perform cheerleading gymnastics short of becoming the Bionic Woman, and we're not quite there yet.

187 posted on 07/15/2011 10:19:19 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat

Get the girl the legs and the arms and let her try out. I am all for that.

As for the plane flying, I’ll let you be the passenger on the first blind pilot/co-pilot flight. I hope the runway alignment goes well...


189 posted on 07/15/2011 5:37:17 PM 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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