On which subject I had a phone call yesterday from a young family friend. He's 14 but been aviation potty since I've known him - which (with his Dad's permission) I've encouraged by trips to flying museums, etc. Somehow I've yet to take him flying; whenever they visit, the weather's crap.
Well, since I last saw him he's joined the Air Cadets, and on Sunday got his first flight (in the new Grob Tutor) - I think his account of the flight took longer than the flight - he obviously got a few aeros in (and quite right too!).
I'll give better than even odds that in 10 years that young man is strapping into a Eurofighter 5 days a week.
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