About this Website
ANTHONY
CAMPBELL
CAA AUTHORISED FLYING INSTRUCTOR
From
childhood I've always been fascinated by airplanes and often
wondered how they managed to stay up there. I always imagined
myself in the pilot's seat taking control. Even before that,
I used to gaze at birds and be jealous of how they could
just lift off and fly.
I recall one christmas morning, aged 5, I was overjoyed
to see that Santa had brought me what I had cried about
for along time - A Superman's suit. Finally, I thought to
myself, when I put this suit on I will have the power of
a bird. I played around with other toys I got that Christmas
and then it came to the ultimate moment - trying on my superman's
suit. I went upstairs, locked the bedroom door, and fitted
the suit on - perfect fit, and a quick glance in the mirror,
I was 'The Man'. I then heard my mother call "Anthony,
come downstairs, your dinner is ready". Now was the
perfect time for my grand entrance.
I
lifted a chair from my room and placed it on the top of
the stairway, and I got on top. I shouted "Mummy, leave
the kitchen door open and I'll fly in for my dinner".
Hands went up, knees went down, I leapt and and adjusted
myself to fly towards the bottom of the stairs.....
a
few hours later...
"Hello
wee man" said this strange looking woman dressed in
a nurse's uniform. My mother and father then appeared and
it was then apparent that my superman's suit was indeed
a faulty one! I ended spending Christmas in hospital and
had to get my tongue stitched back on, and ended up with
multiple fractures. I can tell you now, Santa got called
some names that day!!
When
I got older and I dare say alot wiser, the fascination still
existed. While I'm still in my late twenties, it's only
really been the past two years that I've acted upon it and
got myself my pilot's qualification licence. A few years
later I gained my Instructor's rating and still loving every
second of it! I feel that I have learned alot about microlights
from my instructor, the bmaa, other websites, other pilots,
magazines etc. and I decided to build this site to gather
everyone into one large microlighting community where we
all can impart our knowledge and continue to learn everyday.
I would like to welcome you to the my site and contribute
to it so we all can promote the sport under one large microlighting
community. And of course if you have any suggestions for
the site, I would be more than gald to hear from you. I
setup and maintain this website purely for the love of microlighting
and helping to promote the sport. The site is here for your
enjoyment and the enjoyment of hopeful future microlight
pilots.
Thank
you,
Anthony Campbell.
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