Paraplegic man flies Bonanza to Hawaii

[alaskaflyer]

Nice story in today's newspaper.

Retired doctor Bill Compton recently completed his seventh round-trip flight to the Hawaiian islands when he returned to Merrill Field in Anchorage on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Compton was injured in a motorcycle accident eight years ago and he thought that was the end of his flying career. He now uses hand controls to operate the rudder and brakes of his 1966 Beechcraft Bonanza V35TC.

http://www.adn.com/slideshows/v-swf/story/977232.html

 

[AdamZ]

Wow did it with a sextant one time very impressive, inspirational and cool! Thanks for the post.

 

[ScottM]

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N411EG/history/20091012/1816Z/PHOG/KBLI

Wow! 15hours flight time.

 

[dmccormack]

That's awesome -- thanks for posting that!

 

[18Right]

Very nice, it must be hard, or at least a concern, to staying awake for that long.

 

[jesse]

Very nice, it must be hard, or at least a concern, to staying awake for that long.

Staying awake 15 hours is pretty easy. Obviously you'd need to be awake for a few more but still not that bad.