I was fotunate enough to be able to learn to fly and gained a PPL at EMA, with the East Midlands School of Flying, at the rate of £10.80 per hour dual. When I moved back to the Birmingham area I flew with Birmingham Aviation in their Cessna 172 G-AVAS and the 150 which I think was G-AVVE, I also then flew the Arrow G-WEND for a ,while. When we moved to the Stratford are I started flying from Wellesbourne untill quite recently as apart owner of Turbo Arrow G-BOYV but the costs became prohibitive, and I have reverted to my original pre teens hobby of model aircraft.
However nothing can take away my early memories of Tiger moths, Austers, Proctors etc. at Elmdon, as well as the sound of radials starting up in Dakota's; etc.
Happy Days.
Some of the Tiger moths were G-AOHY; G-ANLB; G-ALMN, that I can remember as well as Auster 5 G-ALFA