Paraplegic Brit Flies 12,000 Miles To Sydney In Microlight Plane
3,182 views · Published 31 August 2011 · 2:18 · Indexed 21 October 2026
Channel: Sky News · 2011 · News & Politics
A paraplegic British pilot has landed in Sydney after flying all the way from the UK in a microlight. Yorkshire man Dave Sykes covered almost 12,000 miles in more than four months. Sky's Australia correspondent Jonathan Samuels spoke to him at the end of his journey.