Blind Pilot

So, would we have to purchase active sky again as well? OR, can we simply just upgrade our active sky weather? Many thanks and I will be taking a look at the link. Many thanks Ron

Hello from blind flight simmer pilot Ron Kolesar. Just was curious to know why for we who already have p3d couldn't just upgrade without having to purchase another flight sim? So, I always like to see which companies will offer a demo to stress test out the product before buying it. Many thanks. Ron AKA the Blind Pilot

As a Blind flight simmer pilot, I could care less about all of the fancy graphics, since I need to see with my ears, since my eyes don't work. The small but growing blind flight simmer community takes flying as seriously as our sighted fellow flight simmer pilots can take advantage of with their normal vision. It matters about how close to the realistic world the flight sim is. I mean by sounds both inside and outside of the aircraft both on the ground and in the air. Maybe for some small additional sounds, let's have airport sounds both inside and out that one would see and ear while wondering through the airport to catch their flight. Meaning pa announcements and so on, just for starters. Then the weather sounds must be as close to the real world as possible. Then ground support, each ground support vehicle engine could have a different sound. That we with time and practice, we could tell what's coming at us. Then let's get down to the FAA rules and regulations. In short, if a sighted FAA certified pilot has to do something, then we too must perform that item on each checklist in the proper order as well. So, I look forward to P3D 6. I had installed p3d 5.4 two days ago, unlike every time before, the install gave me big ones. This time it went in like a knife through butter. I think it w as because I threw it up on the desktop and installed it from that folder from the desktop. Also, via a screen reader user to interact with my computer, my home FBO is Erie Intl, AKA KERI. Before it would change on me on it's own. But this time it stayed on the settings that I wanted to be set on. Also, it recognized my DF7X private G.A. Aircraft that I flew in the FSX days, which even though installed where all of the aircraft are to be installed at inside fs 2020, when I would load fs 2020, it wouldn't show the df7x in the list of aircraft to select from to go flying in. My question is this. right now I have a partial flight plan. I have my departure as KERI. But I can not find the area and or button to click upon to set up a destination to fly to. If anyone can help me with this, I'd deeply appreciate it. Also, if there's any other BVI Pilots that monitor this list, I'd appreciate some help on what to turn on by checking the box and to what to leave off by leaving the box unchecked. But one nice thing in the latest version of P3D 5.4, is that I went to change aircraft, and now have my DF7X private aircraft with the Pittsburgh Steelers Football team paint job on it. Also, for the pwoers behind p3d. It would be nice when building/filing a flight plan that the following could be done to assist us in building/filing our flight plan. It doesn't matter which aircraft you're flying in or where you're flying from and or too. But say you give the name of the airport or it's ICAO for Erie Intl of KERI, to say Detroit Michigan, KDTW. If you were to tell the sim that that's where you're starting from and where you want to end up at and give the name of your aircraft that you're going to fly, the sim could give you back what your cruising alt should be. Now we all know if you're flying east, the level alt should be a odd number and if you're flying west, the level cruising ALT should be a even numter. But how can you program waht the ultimate Level cruising alt should be? The flight plan could spit that info out for us while we're building/filying our flight plans to assist us. This would help plentty. For those who can help me out, I can be reached at: [email protected] I'm on the east coast time line and I'm in the north west corner of the State of Pennsylvania. I'll only give out my phone number to those who write me back privately by the above address. Here's wondering what the flight sims will bring in their upgrades after theflight sim convention at the end of this month. Very Thankfully Yours, Ron Kolesar AKA The Blind Pilot and in the real world a ham radio operator by the call sign of KR3DOG

Well, I know everyone is getting ready for the huge flight sim convention coming up in June. I'd like to see what the sims brings back from the flight sim convention. If P3D will be juming for a upgrade of version five, or to version six. I hope that they're more accessible to we who need to use a screen reader/synthesizer to interact with our computers. I'd also love to see a Dassault Falcon 8 X or for short a DF8X for this rich playboy flight sim pilot. LOL. I miss the good old days of FSX. So, there you have my two cents on this topic. Ron AKA the Blind Pilot. And in the real world Blind ham radio operator call sign of KR3DOG

For one, I don't like fs 2020. Unlike it's predecessor FSX, fs 2020 is not accessible to we who need to use a screen reader program to interact with our computer. So, I can't wait to see what p3d v6 has to offer to we the blind. Also, for we rich playboy flight sim pilots, here's hoping that someone can design a Dassault Falcon 8X. In the real world the DF8X is the successor to the older df7x. Why would one want to upgrade to the newer 8x? 1. it's newer. SMILES. 2. The fuel is 35 percent more efficient onbord the 8x over the 7X. 3. The DF8X flies 500 NM further than the DF7x. I have a awesome Pittsburgh Steelers football tem paint job on my 7x that I'd love to revise if someone could help me out. Very Thankfully Yours, Ron Kolesar

Hey Ray. Many thanks for the link. I'm off to the local Erie County Y.M.C.A. to take my aquatic fitness class and to swim my seventy-two laps which makes a 5,280 foot mile swim. So, I thank you for the link, and when I get back home later, I will repost the letter. Many thanks once again. Ron U.S. Emergnecy Certified Licensed radio operator and also licensed ham radio operator, both by the call sign of KR3DOG

I'm about to down load and reinstall p3d this coming Saturday. If there will be a upgrade or improvement on version five? Here's hoping that the program will be more accessible to we who need to use a screen reader to interact with our computers? Here's hoping that it will work with th e additional add on programs that we who need to see with our ears since our eyes don't work want to enjoy flying as well. This rich playboy is going to reinstall his free ware Dassault Falcon 7X with his Pittsburgh Steelers Football Team paint job on it. Here's hoping that someone will go out to the dassautl web site and grab the stats for the DF8X and strip the df7x down to it's source code and build a df8x for we rich playboy BVI Pilots. Why would one want to upgrade from a df7x to the 8x? 1. the 8x can fly 500 nm miles further than the older 7x. 2. The fuel is 35 percent more efficient onboard the 8x over the 7x. Yes, the 8x is only a small $60,000,000.00 and will cost the pilot roughly $5,000.00 per hour to fly her. But this was my favorite plan3e in the older good old days of the FSX days. The main added on program that we need these days is a free program called Talking Flight Monitor. You can find videos of Talking flight monitor out on you tube and at the following web address: www.talkingflightmonitor.com The team also will except and appreciate any help from anyone who knows how to write code to help them to make flying as close to the real world as possible. So, that's my two cents worth on this topic. Ron Ham Radio Station by the call sign of KR3DOG

Would love to see the Global 6000 and or the Dassault Falcon 7X, AKA the DF7X, both can be grabbed from the free down load library of Fly away simulation. If at all possible, would love to see the df7X stripped down to it's source code and use that code to create the successor the DF8X. It's been fallen on deaf ears, but the FS 2020 flight simulator is still not accessible to we who need to use a screen reader. Unlike the FS 2020 predeccessor the Flight Simulator version ten AKA the FSX program. So, here's hoping we can get Microsoft to listen to we their customers. Many thanks. Ron Kolesar

I'd like to see the following aircraft. The Global 6,000. OR the Dassault Falcon 7X, AKA The DF7X. Or if we can strip the df7x down to it's source code and grab the stats of the df8x which are out on the dassault web page, we then could design a df8x. Which is the successor to the DF7X. It is nice that MCE will work with fs 2020. But we still can not select the aircraft we'd like to fly like we could in the older FSX program. We also can not file/build a flight plan inside fs 2020 either like we once could do in the older FSX program. I've been trying to show them how a blind person can enjoy flying via the older program fsx and p3d. But it's like they're not listening to us. This is sad. Maybe we can show the fs 2020 team that blind people can and do enjoy flying thanks to their programs and to the additional add on program we need to add so that flying is not only accessible, but is as close to the real world of rules, regulations and flying in general. I thank you for taking the time out to listen to the blind pilot and hope that all from these lists will help to show the Microsoft fs 2020 how blind people can and do enjoy to fly. Very thankfully yours, Ron Kolesar [email protected]

I would love to see the Dassault Falcon 8X aircraft, which is the successor to the older DF7X aircraft.

Hi to all, from Ron Kolesar, AKA The Blind Pilot. I fly thanks to the following three programs. 1. FSX. 2. a bridge of a program called FSUIPC. Which allows FSX to communicate with Third Party programs. 3. Last but not least the voice input program from Canada called It's Your Plane or IYP for short. Their web address is at: www.itsyourplane.com Now I wished that there were a demo of the PFPX program to stress test out. That way one can see if it will work out for what they use. I like the fact that it will give you a random number of both cargo and passengers. Also, I like the fact that it will give you automatically if you so chose your ultimate level cruising alt as well. I have been using the free airplane Manager flight calculator. If you do a internet search for airplane manager flight calculator, you'll find the free calculator. But it gives off inaccurate information. I've tried to explain this the designers of the calculator. But it's like don't call us, we'll call you. So what is everyone's opinion of the PFPX flight planner? I'd really appreciate it if this would get to the person who wrote the program to see about a demo to see if it would work with what I need to use so that blind people man and do enjoy the fly. Long live the Dassault Falcon 7X until we FSX Pilots can get our hands on a working FSX model of the Dassault Falcon 8x airplane. SMILES. Ron Kolesar AKA The Blind Pilot.

Hello from Ron Kolesar. AKA The Blind Pilot. Is there such a thing as aonline calculator or rule of thumb or set formula for figuring out what the best leveled cruising alt should be with any aircraft from departure ICAO to Destination ICAO? Pretty much for private GA flights I'll be flying the Dassault Falcon 7x or DF7X for short. Until we get acopy of the df8x. SMILES. But all flight would be starting from my home of Erie Intl ICAO code of KERI. Now, for the third party program that blind people need to use so that we may take full control of our aircraft It's Your Plane or IYP for short, there's a career mode. I fly the b738 and b744. But when in the career mode you don't have to try and firuge out what is the best leveled cruising alt should be because you're giving your level cruising alt and you just climb to that toc. I know that the DF7X is certified up to a alt of 510 ft. But I wouldn't want to try and climb that high to fly from Erie to Harrisburg, or from Erie To Pittsburgh, or from Erie To Columbus. I probably would want to fly that high to fly to Michigan and or to Indiana. But I probably could get away with flying that high to Yellowstone National Park or over to Disneyland down in Santa Ana Ca. So depending on the aircraft and from the starting ICAO to the finished point ICAO. What's the proper leveled cruising alt calculator or formula for figuring out what the leveled alt should be? Many Thanks. Ron Kolesar AKA The Blind Pilot. I have the following question that I hope my friends might be able to help me out with. Now here's the question.

Hello from Ron Kolesar, AKA The Blind Pilot. In short, I fly thanks to the following three programs. 1. FSX-Gold, now days better known by as simply FSX. 2. a bridge of a program called FSUIPC. Now, FSUIPC allows FSX to communicate with third party programs. 3. Last but not least, the voice input programs from Canada It's Your Plane or IYP for short. Their web page is as follows: www.itsyourplane.com In short, I am looking forward to both Dovetail's flight school and the new up coming newer 64 bit version of FSX. When I play a game, or jump into a simulator and or help out with a project, I make it clear that I too would deeply appreciate it that every feature be 1. blind friendly so that we too may enjoy the program. 2. Just as important that each feature be close to the real world as possible. So, this is why I'm hoping for good things for both the new flight school and for FSX. The only sad thing about the two above programs is this. It looks like you need a steam account to use them. Currently Steam is not blind friendly. We've tried to talk to Valve Corporation about making a audio challenge for steam's security capture screens. But they just will not reply to our letters. So I'm hoping that all will read, sign and help forward the following petition. https://www.change.org/p/valve-corporation-make-the-steam-platform-more-accessible-to-blind-and-visually-impaired-people Also, the only thing that is sad about IYP is that it is all voice input. Now I was a beta tester on a hand to ear flight simulator. But the owner now wants to sell his company and the copyrights to the program. Here's to the future of Dovetail Games two projects. I'm hoping that we can make them work with the IYP program for we blind pilots who has to see through our ears since our eyes just don't work. Also, I'm hoping for Dovetail games can get a huge take off for both of their programs because 1. FSX has needed a facelift to the 64 bit processor world for a long time now. 2. For the flight school. I hope that it is as realistic as possible in evey way. I'm hoping that they were able to hier on actual CFI's to help them out with this project. Because it is the only way I can fly is via my computer. So best of luck to Dovetail games with these to products. Ron Kolesar AKA The Blind Pilot who's hoping that we can get a FSX friendly version of Dassault Falcon8x to fly soon.

Thanks for bringing up this topic Robert. May I call you Bob? I'm blind and I fly via FSX and through a third party voice input program called It's Your Plane or IYP for short. For some weird reason when I use the shift E command it's like the sound effect is in a loop and the command just doesn't want to take effect and also the IYP program keeps yelling at me to secure the dors or hatches. How can we or who do we throw these questions and suggestions to at Microsoft for the newer up coming fs 11? Thanks once again for bringing this up. Blind Pilot.

Hello from Blind Pilot.