My first flight was also from Elstree in an Auster,G-AGXT,I had saved my pocket money.This aircraft had gained some notoriety having been used to dump a body over the Romney Marshes I think.This would been 1954 -55ish.I later had a 2nd flight in this aircraft,what mark was it?
The names Setty and Hume come to mind,although who murdered who and dumped the body I can't rememember.I later went on to fly in Ansons and a Devon from Bovingdon,gliding from Halton and Chipmunks from Abingdon and Cottesmore.One of the Anson trips was in the right hand seat and I can remember a Polish pilot and engine priming pumps in the cockpit.The Cottesmore flight was memorable as I'm sure the pilot was determined to make me use the sick bag.He didn't quite succeed!!