From the ABC News web site.
Pilot lands plane after being blinded mid-air
Posted 34 minutes ago (0811 07 2103z)
A British pilot who temporarily went blind in mid-air has been telling how the crew of a Royal Air Force plane helped him to land.
Jim O'Neill was flying his Cessna plane at around 1,500 metres when he suddenly lost his eyesight.
The hobby pilot believed he had been blinded by the sunlight.
However his blindness had been caused by a stroke.
Mr O'Neill alerted air traffic control in the north of England.
They sent an air force plane with an experienced flying instructor to guide him down safely.
Flying at just 15 metres beside Mr O'Neill, the Royal Air Force pilot managed to bring him down to a nearby air field using voice instructions.