On Nov 29, 6:25*pm, Alex Potter wrote:
When did people become "air minded", and why?

For me, it was in 1950, when I was about 4, when Dad took me to an RAF
"At Home", at Castle Bromwich Aerodrome and the sight of those beautiful
aircraft soaring and wheeling, high in the sky, and the sound of their
engines as the flew low and fast down the centreline of the runway. I
knew that day that I had to fly.

I never flew, even commercially, until my late 40s. Then I was lucky
enough to be able to afford to have lessons, and soloed a Puchacz shortly
after my 52nd birthday.

--
Alex

I blame my dad. (grin). Looking through the chain link fence at Van
Nuys Airport. watching planes take off and land is the very earliest
memory of any activity with my father. I was 3 or 4 years old at the
time. Later, he took me to Sepulveda basin when he went there to fly
U/C with his friends. I started flying model planes with him when I
was 7 years old. As long as I can remember, I've wanted to fly
SOMETHING. Finally, in 2001 at age 47, my wife dragged me out to Jean,
to join the local glider club. My only regret is not starting about 30
years earlier.