A 10-year old sees Blackburn Bothas (gotcha ???) and other fine machines flying from Squire's Gate in the early days of WW2 - buys The Aeroplane Spotter instead of comics with his pocket money, can soon "spot" most RAF and German aircraft, later does NS pilot training and some 16 years after that says "G'bye" to driving airframes with a great tour on Canberras in FEAF.
"Get 'em early" say the Jesuits, "and they stay got" (or similar ... ). And 60+ years later, he's still "got" , but don't "spot", 'cos no anorak nor no ladder and very little weight-carrying ability left. He's happy to live near a low-flying route and see C-160s, rescue and copper-choppers and the occasional triangular fast jet or two, plus new-build transports and sometimes a Beluga ...
Keeps the corpuscles circulating ...
