@ pranav, I will promise to do my best to make the video accessible. Might take some time, but i promise. thank you for your patience and understanding. Divyanshu
On 5/6/14, Pranav Lal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Divyanshu, > > Thanks for your explanation. I'll await the video. I hope you will be able > to cater to a graphically challanged audience. > > Pranav > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Divyanshu Ganatra > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 8:24 AM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled. > Subject: Re: [AI] Visually-challenged paraglider flies solo By Amruta > Byatnal > > @ pranav: We will be putting together a detailed video of the entire > training/ flying process. Altimeters are not needed since most pilots > do not go above 200FT. All pilots use assisted navigation from ground > control and launch crew via radio. > Air space is also used by commercial aircrafts, hence there is a > restriction in this area. varometers give a audible signal which is > easy to understand, but this instrumednt too is not needed if one > learns to fly using their understanding of the wind direction and > conditions. > The entire training is and was exactly what all student pilots go > through, with no exception. > > On 5/4/14, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: >> Divyanshu Ganatra takes off on his solo flight.-- Photo: Special >> Arrangement >> > http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/visuallychallenged-paraglid > er-flies-solo/article5974364.ece >> I did it because of my love for the sport, says Divyanshu Ganatra >> On Wednesday afternoon, at Kamshet near Pune, a 36-year-old undertook >> his first solo paragliding flight. As soon as he landed, his trainers >> ran out and huddled around him. Amid cheers, one said, "We did it. You >> made history." >> >> Divyanshu Ganatra had just become the only visually-challenged Indian >> paraglider to have flown solo. "It was a spiritual high," Mr. Ganatra >> told The Hindu before adding modestly: "I did it like everyone else >> does." >> >> A clinical psychologist who lost his sight due to glaucoma at the age >> of 19, Mr. Ganatra runs a counselling and corporate training >> organisation called 'Yellow Brick Road'. >> >> The flight was made possible by Templepilots, a paragliding club run >> by Avi Malik and his wife Anita Deshpande. >> >> According to Mr. Malik, there are no official records of >> visually-challenged people having undertaken solo flights. A Master >> Instructor at the Association of Paragliding Pilots and Instructors, >> he stated that no other Indian had attempted this before. "There are >> probably one or two worldwide who have attempted this successfully," >> he said. A hearing-impaired Belgian performed the same feat under his >> guidance last year. >> >> For Mr. Ganatra, however, it wasn't about the achievement or about >> proving a point to anyone. "I did it because of my love for the >> sport," he said. For Mr. Malik and his wife, taking up his request was >> an "instinctive decision." "The heart said yes first, the mind worked >> on it later," Mr. Malik said. >> >> What was most important was working together and having faith in each >> other. "I trusted them with my life. That is the only way I could have >> done this," Mr. Ganatra said. Ms. Deshpande agreed. "It was about >> trust, and not about [never] flying anymore." >> >> The experience helped Mr. Malik stretch his own boundaries as a >> teacher as he sought to find new ways and means to guide Mr. Ganatra. >> "One way was using simulation, and working on other senses: touching, >> feeling and listening," he said. To explain the concepts of >> aerodynamics, Mr. Malik asked Mr. Ganatra to use his hands to >> understand how the glider works. >> >> In a 'tandem' flight with an instructor, he learnt what the experience >> could be like. An initial idea of using bells was discarded as Mr. >> Malik thought that audio signals broadcast through a radio would do >> the job. A quick and instinctive learner, Mr. Ganatra was ready for >> his flight after three days of on-ground training. >> >> "The experience was an overwhelming mix of joy, fear and excitement. >> When you are in the sky, you taste freedom," he said. >> >> >> " The experience was an overwhelming mix of joy, fear and excitement. >> When you are in the sky, you taste freedom" >> >> >> -- >> Avinash Shahi >> M.Phil Research Scholar >> Centre for The Study of Law and Governance >> Jawaharlal Nehru University >> New Delhi India >> >> >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility >> of >> mobile phones / Tabs on: >> > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind > ia.org.in >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [email protected] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please >> visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. 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