Originally Posted by
treadigraph
Not sure modern mothers would be so happy about 12 year olds travelling up to London and wandering around on their own for a few hours - packed sarnies and some squash in one of the parks or squares and a tatty street map with all my targets marked and a carefully planned route...
I'm sure they wouldn't!! Mind you, today you would be hard pressed to find airline offices you could walk into and pick up timetables, postcards and the like from. As for getting on your bike and riding a few miles to your local airport at the age of 11 as I used to do to BHX would have 21st century parents going into apoplexy!!
Thank heavens for the internet, FR24 and Mum's taxi these days! Without them aviation as hobby would have died out by now.