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Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Miles Flies High From Britain To Australia
Miles Hilton-Barber is hoping to break the world micro-flight record with a trip from Britain to Sydney. Hilton-Barber (56) is blind due to RP and will be raising money for the UK's Royal National Institute for the Blind.
During take off, the computer will relay his ground speed, airspeed and height from the runway. This will be repeated every few seconds.
Once in the air, the onboard global positioning system will allow Hilton-Barber to hear his location and airspeed and to assess whether he is following the route entered into the computer before take-off. If he needs to make an adjustment, different tones will alert him to how steeply he is banking and whether he is turning to port or starboard.
'Blind pilot sets controls for a 12,000-mile flight,' The Times Online, 2 January 2005.
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