How did I get interested?
My Dad.
Its as simple as that. He was in the RAF before I was born, but kept his interest in aeroplanes and it just rubbed off on me. We lived in North Nottinghamshire and we used to get all sorts of aeroplanes flying over very low, well to a young boy they seemed low. Vulcans would fly over and I would run out followed by dad and he would tell me all about them. We also used to get Varsities and verious transport and training aeroplanes flying over at all times of the day and night, Dad was in his element then, he finnished his time in the air force on Vasities, it was great. Mind you, we had an Air Force then.
My first air show was at Rolls Royce Hucknall in 196? I cant remember the exact date but I thought it was wonderful. I was totaly taken aback when a Spitfire and Huricaine started there display by arrieving from crowd rear, bloody brilliant. From then on I was hooked. And who would have thought, years later I would end my RAF carreer on BBMF.
Since leaving the RAF in 1990, I have continued to work on many historic aeroplanes to this day.
And as they say, what comes around goes around, my son and daughter have fallen into the same line as me, they love old aeroplanes and my other interest, steam traction engines and shire horses.
So there you go, thats how I got started, good old dad.
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