Dad was a qualified instructor and Corporate Pilot, he taught me my PPL from Sherburn-In-Elmet, North Yorks. It was tough, there were a few silent drives home in the car! But certainly came out the other side better prepared...
From a personal point of view, to have my Dad's name as the first commander in my logbook is special and this summer see's me returning to Leeds Bradford International for a few months, my first solo cross country, as a Captain of a B757...Dad is rather nostalgic about that...i'm dreading the bl**dy cross-winds!