Yeah I remember very easily failing a class 1 before it all got started. but perserverance , paid, even if it was a breathtaking bit of brinkmanship that pulled it off, and an allegiance to the USA doc that cleared me, that I will never forget.
WRT to the quote below;
programs like Skippy
I have to comment, and to quote a recent quote, - I don't want to burst your bubble - , but knowing one of the said SKIPPY pilots very well, that your command of the English language and memory recall would have to put him well in the shade.
Fable has it that he had two words to remember, one each of which was taped in big letters to the toes of each of his shoes.
standing by for the mortars.