David Gilmour

[Dana]

I suspect most of us are familiar with the Pink Floyd song "Learning to Fly" and I always assumed it was based on real world experience, but a recent post on another forum got me to wondering so I looked it up... I didn't realize David Gilmour is not only a pilot, but founded an aviation museum at one point... and he's one of us!

"Intrepid Aviation was a way for me to make my hobby pay for itself a little bit, but gradually over a few years Intrepid Aviation became a business because you have to be businesslike about it. Suddenly I found instead of it being a hobby and me enjoying myself, it was a business and so I sold it. I don't have Intrepid Aviation any more. I just have a nice old biplane that I pop up, wander around the skies in sometimes..."​

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For those here who are too old or too young to know what I'm talking about:

 

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