Get him to join your local Air Cadets when he's 13 (I think that's how old they need to be - it maybe a year either way). When I was 10 I wanted to be a pilot. At the time it was an airline pilot as that's all I knew. Joined the Air Cadets and from the first summer camp aged 14 I wanted to be a military pilot. I've now been flying fast jets for 13 years now :-) and loving every second of it. The Air Cadets is a brilliant organisation and will give him amazing opportunities for flying and gliding (all free) amongst other things. Clearly there is absolutely no tie in to join the military and many go on to civilian flying jobs or just jobs in the most part. I once heard a stat that something like 40-50% of Officers in the RAF were Air Cadets when they were young. Not sure how true it is but it certainly sounds feasible.
Last edited by High_Expect; 8th August 2013 at 17:46.