Fair cop Danny,
I suppose I take quite a few things for granted these days without realising their future potential. Although seeing the hashinee about the potential for buried Spitfires in Borneo recently, I suspect had you bought half a dozen you could well be Lord Danny42C by now. My thoughts go from the chaps like yourself, who, had a crack on some of these classic aircraft in their infancy. To, 10 to 12 years later finding them so mundane. Whilst in modern times of course, we sit here and read it and say blimey, I'd give my left leg to have done that. Don't get me wrong, when I started as a C130 Goround Engineer, I could not believe that someone allowed me to enjoy the flying I had. After around 5000 hours in the back, I still loved the job, but was less "distracted" by the flying. I still say that anyone who could, "choose a Spit and get on their way" was indeed a blessed individual. My respects
Smudge