Flying from England to Australia in a microlight aircraft would be remarkable in itself. However when the pilot is blind it is all the more remarkable.
Miles Hilton-Barber, blind for 25 years is flying from England to Australia in a microlight aircraft to raise US$1 million, to combat preventable blindness in developing countries. Miles is accompanied by highly experienced co-pilot Storm Smith.
As of yesterday Miles & Storm were in Kupang, Indonesia waiting for weather conditions to change before embarking on the lengthy (8 hour) flight from Kupang, Indonesia to Darwin, Australia.
Miles & Storm are flying in a Quik GT450. http://www.mileshilton-barber.com/blog/?page_id=11
You can follow their progress on Miles' blog or http://www.seeingisbelieving.org.uk/microlightadventure/
A few related links of interest -
http://www.mileshilton-barber.com/
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1903524.htm
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1903546.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6407185.stm
Update: Miles has now landed in Darwin.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1904671.htm
Rob
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