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A lucky chap, indeed
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. |
Good show
He was able to stay calm and not do his nut :ok: Blind landings are something we are trained for innit Clarrie? |
Thats unreal!! job well done for all involved.
Just try to fly S/L with your eyes closed and see how long you can keep the wings level... Thats the thing that boggles me the most, how he could keep the wings level after being blind, before the airforce pulled up beside him. :ok: |
Thats the thing that boggles me the most, how he could keep the wings level after being blind He had his cat with him? |
An auto pilot perhaps?
And being very familiar where the controls were. All quite possible and believeable, but to handle the stress of that when suffering a medical incident is amazing! As for hand flying it..........:eek: J |
maybe he still had enough vision to just see the horizon?
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Originally Posted by Tinpis
Blind landings are something we are trained for innit Clarrie?
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"Flying blind', didn't we recently have a thread on the very same subject?;)
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Well either way i am impressed. I cant even fly S/L with my eyes open and full vision:O
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What ever level of sight this guy had he kept his cool. Experience most likely saved the day along with well planned help. Just for the record I believe being left blind from a stroke doesn't mean he was totally blind, seriously impared most likely but never the less an amazing feat:ok:
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Any idea what Cessna and what type RAF?
I couldnt imagine a Hawk sticking with a 152? |
That is an amazing feat and I am impressed, superb airmanship by the RAF and to the pilot concerned to bring him in like that and more amazed that air traffic control and the military worked so swiftly...good on 'em:ok:
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appears it have been a 152, although a four seater is mentioned somewhere else
British Pilot Led to Ground Safely After Going Blind in the Air |
tinpis: The RAF used a Tucano T1, from Linton-on Ouse, RAF training base.
A single-engined turbo, tandem-seater, very nippy machine. Well done, all round! Best regards, TNO. |
The cat
Tinpis:
It sure helps to beat a dodgy horizon indicator! Tmb |
From what I saw on the news it was a new-ish 182:ok:
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A newish 182 would have an AP?
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More than likely. Possibly G1000 (it looked like a recent enough model). Is an AP standard on a new 182?
BBC NEWS | UK | England | North Yorkshire | Blind pilot's sight 'recovering' Picture of said aircraft with that article. |
The Beeb have the audio of how the RAF commander guided this very lucky man down:
BBC NEWS | UK | Talking down the blind pilot |
From the local papers o'er this way, they suggest that his vision was severely impaired, meaning he could not read his instruments, nor make out visual outside details. ATC initially believed he simply had trouble seeing the airfield, but soon understood the severity of his situation. Top marks to both pilots ! :ok:
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