My first flight at 13 and a bit in an Anson at Bassingbourn (where years later I was student on the Canberra Long Strike Course), was similarly "awesome" and came as quite relief as for several rears I had bored all and sundry with "I am going to Cranwell to become a pilot" (is that an oxymoron?), and my main concern was that I might not like flying. 57 years later I still love every opportunity to get airborne, even courses of the Irishman's airline.