Choppertop,
You mirror my story too, always wanted to be a pilot, careers teacher told me I wasn't intelligent enough so joined the BBC as a Sound Engineer, went Freelance in 1991, continued to work for the Beeb until a few years ago when they ditched 'specialists' for 'jack of all trades', still Freelance but it's tough out there now, everyone undercutting everyone else then one day I thought 'b@llocks to all of this i'm going to learn to fly"!!!!!
So i'm in the process of selling my collectables to help achieve an ambition.......to pilot a Helicopter!
K77.