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Boys like either dinosaurs or airplanes. I was very much an airplane boy.

I wanted to fly when I was little.

I was born a year after Lindbergh made his historic trip across the Atlantic. Boys like either dinosaurs or airplanes. I was very much an airplane boy.

From a very early age, I wanted to fly aeroplanes.

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

Growing up, I was fascinated with Buck Rogers' airplanes. As I began to mature in World War II, it became jets and rocket planes. But it was always in the air.

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

When I started flying, I realized how enjoyable it was, and flying became my main focus while engineering went on the back burner.

I always wanted to be a pilot.