posted on May, 11 2015 @ 06:09 PM
Well coming from a civilian family with no ties to any sort of armed forces. My love came from my dad mainly taking me and two brothers to air shows.
Here in the UK, aviation is a bit different over hear especially military aviation and the area ive lived in all my life isn't really surround by air
fields. So you don't get to see much action so to speak
So when I started going to airshows from the the age of 3 years old it was quite an event as you usually got to see things other people hadn't. Year
after year of growing up doing at least 3 airshows a year when we could. My first was RAF Fairfords Royal Internation Air Tattoo (RIAT) use to go
every year. I was growing up in the age when the V bombers such as the Vulcan and Victiors were getting phased out and all the Cold War fighters were
being phased out. That's what started the passion
Getting a little older, RAF/USAF Mildenhall was only around the corner from us and when my dad first heard about it we were soon on our way to seeing
the air fetes they ran. After going there Mildenhall became my favourite place to go for an air show. Seeing the American B52s, galaxy's, starlifters,
f15s, f16s .. I could go on. That was it aviation had been sold to me. Then one year we were gifted .. Not only had the B1bs starting appearing but i
went to mildenhall for the B2s first public appearance in the UK, we got two fly bys from it before it buggered off. The year after that we had the
pleasure of the B2 doing a small flying demo and actually getting to see that beast land infront of us. Id say that was my best ever expierence ive
had
Airshows made my passion grow and now .. I kick myself so friggin hard because of at the age of 18 I had barely the right grades from school and
college to join the RAF as a fast jet pilot (obviously after the training) .. But as like most of the people in the UKS turning 18 means one thing ..
Legal to drink alcohol and women took control and I never followed up the career. To this day (I'm now turning 30 in July) is the biggest regret in my
life and I genuinely hate myself for it
So that's where my love came from sorry for the long answe .. But you did ask
hah
PS. If anyone has the contacts to get my backside strapped in a fast jet for a little ride *wink wink* .. I would owe you my whole life to you as it
truely is a dream to feel the G's, to look out the cockpit window I genuinely think it would bring a tear to my eye .. That's after I've thrown my
guts up.
Oh I forgot to mention I'm willing to pay to get my ass in a jet
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