First glider solo T-31 at HCGIS, Detling in 1952, instructors F/O Meddings and the great Derek Piggott. Then with a Flying Scholarship in a Magister at Redhill, April 24th, 1953, instructors Chinn and Sproxton, followed by a move to Croydon and conversion to Tiger Moths, with PPL issued Aug. 1954.