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As a child I was hoisted into the cockpit of an Avro Anson at Staverton Airport (Where is that aeroplane now? Skyfame museum has long since closed). As an air cadet in my youth I made an unauthorised visit to Lyneham airbase and got myself a ride on an RAF Hercules, with some precious few minutes sat in the cockpit. What a view! Wiltshire spread out before me. What else? Let's see... A C-47 and a Shackleton. Also the Jet Provost at Hendon a few years back.