1955. Aged 4. DH89A Dragon Rapide (no definite record but possibly G-AGJG, now airworthy at Duxford) owned by Aggie Agarzarian's Island Air Services and piloted by my great uncle Gp.Cpt. Gordon Carey. Flew down the Thames to the estuary and back, which kick-started an early passion for aviation that has never dimmed.
Best arrival at LHR was the morning of the '87 Great Storm. TWA 742 from New York landing in a lively fashion on 23 after an enforced four hour sojourn at a very crowded Dublin airport. Charmingly talkative captain announced that he had never landed on 23 before and that it had no instrument landing system - "but we're going to give it a go 'cos we want to get you folks home - if you still have one"!