Blind pilot, Miles Hilton-Barber, 58, (left) pictured with pilot Andy Cubin. Hilton-Barber today described himself as the “happiest man in Britain” after he took to the skies in an ex-RAF fighter jet. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday August 21, 2007. Mr Barber took off from Kemble Airfield before performing an aerobatic display above Gloucestershire. See PA story: ADVENTURE Blind. Photo credit should read: Barry Batchelor/PA Wire