Blind musicians Blind musicians Blind musicians are singers or instrumentalists, or in some cases singer-accompanists, who are legally blind. Historically, many blind musicians, including some of the most famous, have performed without the benefit of formal instruction, since such instruction relies extensively on written musical notation. However, today there are many resources available for blind musicians who wish to learn Western music theory and classical notation. Louis Braille, the man who created the braille alphabet for the blind, also created a system of classical notation for the blind called Braille music. This system allows the blind to read and write music just
Blind Approach Beacon System to fly left or right and indeed up or down with a co-located glidepath (328.6 to 335.4 MHz) equipment. See instrument landing system for further details. Blind Approach Beacon System A blind approach beacon system or beam approach beacon system (BABS) is an automatic radar landing system developed in the early 1940s. It is a responder (or transponder) mounted in a Hillman van and placed at the end of the runway. In some cases fixed sites were installed and by the mid-1950s Standard 9 vans were in use. It was interrogated by a "Rebecca" unit mounted in an aircraft. It