Sense Sonnet - Pumper

Sight Setter

Pilot, Miles Hilton-Barber, flew
A small, light weight, open air plane
Over 13,000 miles to
Sydney from London to campaign
For raising money to prevent
The spread of blindness in poor lands.
Hot and turbulent spells were spent
Over African desert sands.
Ice clung to metal and to skin,
In crossing over snow capped peaks.
But, the will remained strong within
To attain high hopes that one seeks.

Why is this the first of a kind?
Mr. Hilton-Barber is blind.