I heard a similar rumour, shame to hear the confirmation - my first ever "Trial Flight" was with Skylark in their Chipmunk many years ago. Although it took me a while to get back into the air I guess people never forget their first flight.
Funnily enough I saw G-AORW on Apron Echo undergoing maintenance just the week before - I'd thought then it'd be fun to get a couple more hours in it