Blinded pilot meets man who helped him land

An amateur pilot guided to the ground by the RAF after suffering a stroke and going blind at 15,000 feet today met the man who helped him land safely.

Blinded pilot meets man who helped him land

An amateur pilot guided to the ground by the RAF after suffering a stroke and going blind at 15,000 feet today met the man who helped him land safely.

Jim O’Neill, 65, of Marks Tey, Essex, made a mayday call on October 31 last year while flying a Cessna over North Yorkshire on a solo flight from Glasgow to Colchester, Essex.

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