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

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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.

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