It IS a bit of a Mugs Game now, but a Lot of us are addicted. After WW2, there was a lot of surplus Planes around and Plenty of wartime pilots who wanted to fly for free at students expense and were always on the controls. Your weeks wages got you about 2 Hours in the air. At Least DCA was full of Pilots who knew how to fly and the Minister for Civil Aviation D.G.Anderson would turn up for PPL's award night and was an ex Bomber Pilot. RNAC had a lot of connections in DCA and we were able to fly into Mascot with a special Procedure and Leave Our Bug Smashers Near the Control Tower. Woe Betide any Pilot who stuffed it up.. Nev