When I was 7 a relative invited my dad and I to look around his Royal Navy Frigate that had docked in Newcastle.
Although the ship was fascinating, it was when he let me sit in the Lynx helicopter that saw me hooked.
Since then i've flown to Rigs in the North Sea, been from Nice to Monaco on several occasions and even had the pleasure of flying in a Sea King with the lads from RAF Boulmer..........all as part of my job as a Film and Television Sound Recordist!
Now i'm just about to embark on my PPL(H), 35 years after sitting in that Lynx!