A few years back, at Wycombe Air Park - not very far from LHR airspace, everything on the aerodrome came to a stop......a strange ghost from the past appeared and flew very very quickly indeed, wheels up, beating up 27 in time honoured fashion! It then climbed to circuit height, performed an impeccable circuit and landing. A deHaviland MKVI Mosquito fighter/bomber, no less, one of the most efficient of all WWII designs, and constructed mainly from plywood in what used to be furniture factories......
It taxied round to the apron, came to a halt, shut down. We were all in awe, waiting for those daring airmen to emerge. A hatch opened forward, a set of steps reached down to the ground......and all these OLD MEN CLIMBED OUT!
Of course, when they first started flying that particular type, they were a bit younger....