Your right of course. Things have changed....some for the good...some not so good. The Flying has certainly changed...gone are the days of wazzing along the severn corridor and seeing if you were brave enough to go under the bridge... gone are the days of seeing if you could put a wheel on top of the Humber bridge...
even the weapons and stores we carry have all gone...no more 1/2" recce flares....ever tried to lob a marker marine out at FL100 and seeing if you could beat it down....formation autorotations...fab fun...
Yep, yr right....some of the fun has gone...but there is still plenty to be had... just have to look harder