Colerne, August '56, Anson right hand seat. Followed over the next three years by as many Chipmunk, Piston Provost, Varsity, Valetta, Hastings, Beverley, Comet 4 and Lincoln hours as I could blag, as well as 20 launches and solo in a Cadet Mk 3 at Kirton Lindsey.
The next 50 years carried on in much the same vein, although mostly in gliders with a few hundred hours behind propellors.