Blind pilot bids to fly from Britain to Australia

Blind pilot bids to fly from Britain to Australia

LONDON -- A blind adventurer is bidding to fly from Britain to Australia in a bid to raise one million pounds (1.5 million euros, 1.9 million dollars) to fight preventable blindness, he said Friday.

Miles Hilton-Barber, who has already climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and completed a marathon in Siberia, is now hoping to become the first ever non-seeing aviator to complete the 13,500-mile (21,700 kilometer) journey.