Visiting Sarfend Aircraft museum aged about 4
The Falklands War made a big impression on me as a 6 year old; loved the sight of the Vulcans taking off.
Had a family trip in the DH Rapide at Duxford for my 10th birthday
Read Paul Brickhill's "Dambusters" when I was 12 and watched just about every WW2 RAF film going...
My career has been with the RAF (with a slight excursion into the underworld of Pongoland, but please forgive me for that
So have always loved aircraft and things aviation.
But the icing on the cake as it were was when my friend took me for a spin in a BBMF Chippy in 2009. My first taste of flying a light aircraft, and he gave me control with some straight and level, aeros and landings...after that, with my interest as well, there was no going back. I had always had a dream of becoming a pilot since the age of 6 and now I just had to do it....so here I am, a student pilot
