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I wanted to fly when I was little.

I wanted to travel from the beginning. As a kid, I used to dream about airplanes, before I ever flew in one.

I learned to fly an airplane, and had my own airplane during the 1960s.

I started flying because I had a fear of it early on. I figured if I learned to fly, I would understand better what was happening and started taking lessons in the late 1950's, once I had made some money on tour.

I always wanted to be a pilot.

My daddy was a World War I pilot, and I just wanted to be able to fly like he did.

When I was a child, I didn't fly - we couldn't afford to fly. Flying was for rich people.

I was hooked on aviation, made model airplanes, and never thought I would be able to fly myself. It cost too much. But then World War II came along and changed all that.

I was a big aviation buff as a boy.

I'll admit I wanted to be a pilot, originally.