Well, maybe not the aircraft itself this time but as the vehicle of choice for the first blind chap to break the sound barrier (courtesy of Thunder City).
Yahoo News
Miles Hilton-Barber piloted an English Electric Lightning, climbing to 50,000ft in under two minutes.
He and a sighted co-pilot flew upside down in the skies over Cape Town, South Africa, reaching speeds of up to 1,100mph.
The 59-year-old from Duffield, Derbyshire, said: "I am celebrating at the moment. I am one of the happiest and most fulfilled blind men in the world. The rush was incredible. It was just wonderful. Of course, I couldn't see anything but my co-pilot told me that when we flying upside down at 50,000ft you could see the curve of the Earth."