Aeroplane mad from a very young age - wasn't every boy in the 1950's?
Model aircraft, starting with chuck gliders and ending with designing r/c aerobatic gliders and powered aircraft in my teens.
Solo'd in a Mk3 on a week RAF Cadet gliding course at Weston super Mare (after 3 days actually) aged 17 and then didn't fly again for nearly 30 years...
Started gliding again and after 10 happy years doing that got my PPL. Now a proud part-owner of a 50 year old Jodel 1050 on a farmstrip.
You know those dreams you have when you just know you can fly (I mean, without an aeroplane) but you remain stuck to the ground?
Those dreams changed for me when I started flying - I can fly in dreams whenever I want now...