I didn't do a TIF.
1985, Casey Airfield, Berwick Vic. I rolled up for an interview (subsidised flying, so they didn't take any old walk-up) and the CFI talked to me about why I wanted to fly and all that sort of thing. As it turned out the next booking in C150 VH-TDX was canceled. Did I want to take my first lesson now? I took that as meaning I had been accepted.
Getting your mitts on the stick for the first time is a buzz replaced only by the first solo flight. Since my solo, nothing I have ever done has equalled that feeling of taxiing back to the apron having brought TDX home with all bits still attached.
So well done, wwejosh, and welcome to aviation.
Walrus