About aged 8 so be 1961 mums boyfriend was a pilot, possibly only a lowly 2nd pilot with BEA and got to fly often from Turnhouse to LAP after Primary school on Fridays and back on the Sunday. Not sure of the type but I assume Vanguard .. Ditched him after a term or two but definitely caught the flying bug then..then regular BEA Tridents and Bcal 1-11
Most unusual...not sure how this came about ...but flew in a BN2a on delivery from Bembridge to somewhere in France and back in a PA23 this was courtesy of a friend of a friend at Fairoakes possibly late '60's