At long last....
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:25 amAn RAF veteran who lost his flying licence 30 years ago after failing a medical has won it back at the age of 73.
Ron Gray, from Hartlepool, uses spectacles and a hearing aid but has overcome the high glucose condition which stopped him flying. A former pilot of Vampire, Meteor, Hunter and Sabre jets, he has passed an 11-month course for flying light aircraft after retraining on Cessnas at Durham Tees Valley airport.
His licence restricts him to flying only on clear days but he has started an instrument ratings course so he can fly in poor visibility and take a flying holiday in the Highlands.
Ron Gray, from Hartlepool, uses spectacles and a hearing aid but has overcome the high glucose condition which stopped him flying. A former pilot of Vampire, Meteor, Hunter and Sabre jets, he has passed an 11-month course for flying light aircraft after retraining on Cessnas at Durham Tees Valley airport.
His licence restricts him to flying only on clear days but he has started an instrument ratings course so he can fly in poor visibility and take a flying holiday in the Highlands.
