My Dad took me to Ringway (now Manchester International) when I was about 6, and we enjoyed watching Gannets being test flown, the auxilliary RAF attacking the tower with Vampires, etc. From that moment onwards I was hooked, and ever since, anything that flies is interesting. Went through the 'plane spotting phase, then some 50 years later learnt to fly there, having had a go with gliders in my teens at various locations around the UK. Things have certainly changed over the years. Happy memories of 'Mush' Martin with his Austers, BEA Dakotas, Dan Air Yorks and the occasionalo Vulcan visitor. I could go on....
