Famous blind aviator to join the BDFA and speak at the Aviators Ball
10/09/07 13:04
Miles Hilton - Barber has
just joined the BDFA and will be speaking at the
Aviators Ball in
November. Miles has just become the first blind
pilot to fly a fighter jet and has a string of
records under his belt:-
His remarkable adventures in recent years, setting numerous world records in the process, include:
His remarkable adventures in recent years, setting numerous world records in the process, include:
- Attempting to be the first blind person to reach the South Pole, in the process man-hauling a sledge over 250 miles across Antarctica
- Completing "The Toughest Foot-race on earth" - 150 miles across the Sahara Desert in the Marathon des Sables
- Climbing to 17,500 feet in the Himalayas
- Climbing Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt. Blanc- Africa's/Europe's highest mountains
- Running the 11-day Ultra-Marathon race across China from Gobi Desert to Great Wall
- Completing the "Coldest Marathon on Earth"- the Siberian Ice Marathon
- Crossing entire Qatar Desert non-stop day/night in 78 hours without sleep
- Circumnavigating 38,000 miles around world using 80 forms of transport
- Setting Malaysian Grand Prix lap record for blind driver in 200kph Lotus
- Setting new British high-altitude record for a tandem microlight
- Completing more than 40 skydiving jumps to date