Me too from the age of 6 months when my parents used to live on the Bath Road, Hounslow and because I cried so much my mother used to put the pram in the garden so I could watch the planes go straight over the top...when it rained she put me in the shed (true I can assure u)...At 5 I was bought my first pair of binoculars and airband radio...
...and dare I say it (as above, in the company of the Pprune greats...) look where it got me...and seriously the knowledge and enthusiasm for the industry it still gives me I like to think has/does stand me above many