I actually met this bloke the other day at Thargomindah. It took a while to get across to me that he was deaf. What was even more suprising to us was that his copilot (maybe his wife), was also deaf. He wrote on a piece of paper that he had flown in from Sydney via Moree.
Luckily for us he was already on the ground and refuelling when we showed up so not to cause any hassels.
It is hard enough flying in the circuit in our Metro at 180+ knots with light aircraft that do talk to you let alone when they don't talk to you.
Someone mentioned landing with a stiff tailwind. It seems it must not bother him. Before we departed, he pulled his aircraft away from the bowser and parked it with a good 20+ knots up the tail.
It has to be said - Deaf and Dumb.