@Ekinath: Thank you for your kind words of encouragement. We will be putting up detailed videos of the entire process. You can call me on 09890993825 for more details. Happy to assist. Divyanshu
On 5/6/14, Divyanshu Ganatra <dngana...@gmail.com> wrote: > @ 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 <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Divyanshu Ganatra takes off on his solo flight.-- Photo: Special >> Arrangement >> http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/visuallychallenged-paraglider-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_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> 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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