EeToN
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Posted: April 27 2004, 19:41 |
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From the 60 second interview:
| Quote | Are you still piloting?
Not any more. I took a small plane on tour and ended up in the middle of a thunder cloud. There were hail stones the size of apples...
Did it put you off?
Yep [laughs]. I switched to helicopters for a while - that was fun. You stick it down somewhere when you're tired and then get some farmer chasing after you so you hop off again. They go [adopts West Country accent]: 'Get orrrf of my land.' I used to stop for a roll-up and get chased away. I don't do any of that anymore.
Not even the roll-ups?
Oh, I still do those. Just the piloting stopped being fun.
Would you be good to sit next to if a pilot had a heart attack?
In theory, I could handle a commercial jet. I love it when airplanes get into trouble. I'm scared of flying - but only when it's sunny and flat. When we hit a storm and it's bucking all over the place, I'm going: 'Yesss!' |
From other interviews:
| Quote | | I was never a very good pilot, I’d always be better known for my bad landings. But I learnt to fly to conquer my fear of flying, which certainly worked because I wasn’t really able to travel when I was twenty years old due to claustrophobia and this kind of stuff. |
| Quote | | I have a great love for Flight Simulators. In the late 70s and 80s I played Flight Sims and loved helicopter products but drifted way from it - I dabble in aeroplane modelling and fly model helicopters. |
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If I were music, I would be Enigmatism.
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but maybe now he is.