Great read as always John. I think of my own journey to that wings parade in Pearce and I don't think I could make it sound interesting like yours. Although my uncle did say to my mum that I would not get in the RAAF as a pilot - didn't have the right family background and I wasn't bright enough. But as I found out, and as the RAAF knows, you don't have to be bright, you just have to show extreme determination becuase pilots course is a lot of hard work and long hours