Just to throw a curve ball, it was a flight from Mahon back to a rainy Luton in a Court Line Tristar that made me want to be an airline pilot at 7 years old. I am sure it was painted orange as the Court Line fleet had many garish colours! But because I made my wish come true, I still love the Tristar as one of the best planes ever made, never got to fly one though.
My dream came true, and I joined Britannia Airways in 1988 on the trusty 737-200, now a Captain on the 787!!
But still think of those " Halycon Days" or was it Halcyon Breeze.......