Age 7, first Airfix kit.
Age 11 (no more Airfix aircraft or ships left) first 36" glider from plans.
Age 12 Acquired a Davies Charlton Sabre 1.5cc 'diesel' engine. The lightbulb came on!
Age 13 First control line model from plans.
Age 15 First RC aeroplane - single channel superhet bang-bang.
Age 17 last model aeroplane, 3 channel propo.
Age 21 first helo flight and hands on, JOAC yeovilton Wessex V
Age 24 Bulldog, Gazelle = Wings
Age 25 Seaking (briefly) followed by a short meeting with Sooty and an even briefer one with NAAB who lied that I'd never fly professionally again.
Age 26 CPL(H) Bell47 and BV234
Age 27 S61
Age 28 Enstrom, H500
Age 27 B206 & As355
Age 32 C208a
Age 36 Do228 and resolved to have jet command by 40
Age 37 BAe146
Age 38 command
Age 40 B737
Age 50 A320 series
Age 55 all done thanks.
Haven't flown since. Should get back into gliding and would love to fly a helo again but that ain't about to happen (I'm not a fan of R22s, let alone the even smaller ones).