From someone who, as a very small boy, dreamed of one day being a pilot.
However, I was born with defective eyesight, so flying and many other careers were, sadly, never going to be available to me.
This is Frank Courtney, who never let his eyesight get in the way of his ambition. Mick Mannock was monocular.
In the Second World War the head of RAF medicine was PC Livingston. In his autobiography he writes how he enabled many visually impaired pilot applicants , and other aircrew, to be passed fit.
The magnificent tradition- steeped Royal Air Force - any accolade from a mere bystander seems superfluous.