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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Sian Traynor

Partially-sighted Edinburgh schoolboy fulfils dream of flying plane over city

A young Edinburgh schoolboy has fulfilled a dream of flying a plane after suffering from partial-sightedness.

Scott, 11, was one of four children in Scotland who took off in a small Piper Warrior plane last week as they were given a lesson on flying the aircraft.

Born with the eye defect congenital cataracts, Scot had undergone surgery which left him with bilateral pseudophakia, as well as nystagmus, a condition which causes the eye to make repetitive, uncontrolled movements.

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