"Sail-n-Dive" wrote in message
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How can a deaf pilot be aware of radio traffic? I'm a skydiver and have
experienced a plane flying thru a group of decending jumpers both while
in freefall and under canopy. This should not happen if the pilot was
listening to the radio and knew where they were! The jump plane is
required to get permission and to give a warning over the radio before
jumpers exit the aircraft. How does a deaf pilot become aware of these
and other important messages coming over the radio?

The same way a Cub, Champ and all the other planes without radios do. There
are tens of thousands of airplanes without radios. In a metro area there
could be many in the jump area not listening on the frequency the jump plane
is using. There is no legal requirement to listen to the jump plane
broadcasts. There is a requirement to see and avoid.



"John T" wrote in message
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See if your local library has "Flight of the Gin Fiz" by Henry Kisor.
Henry is a deaf pilot and his book recounts how he learned to fly then
retraced the route of Cal Rodgers, who was the first person to fly across
the U.S., in 1911.
Cal was also deaf.