OK Ned, my turn
Six years old I wanted to be a pilot. 11-12 years later at the RAF Selection Board, Biggin Hill, I was asked if I made aircrew what I would like to fly. The answer came naturally, helicopters.
When they picked themselves up off the floor (no-one had ever given that answer!) I explained that fighters had 30 minutes of being driven around the sky by radar and a couple of minutes of fun, transport command would be no better than airlines, and bomber command almost as bad. Helicopter pilots were given a task, given a helicopter and left to themselves, all of which proved to be pretty much the way that it worked for the next 50 years
