Tommy Little
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And whether someone is screaming at their phone or their screen now saying, like, you're not, I'm not saying that in a high and mighty way.
I'm not saying I'm funnier than other people or I've got a better way with words.
But I'm just literally doing interesting things in this world and reporting back.
Yeah, I mean, to be honest, I hadn't really thought about it.
My...
family are all from the country and so my uncle died in a lap plane crash um hit power lines and um and he's sadly no longer with us and being a pilot was something that wasn't on my list and then i i just met a a beautiful man who um was a pilot and he goes he just said out of nowhere he goes i think i should teach you to fly planes and
It was too good an offer to say no to.
And so then I started flying and just fell in love with it.
And then after getting my plane license, I thought helicopters looked fun.
And I ended up getting my helicopter license at the end of last year.
And it is one of the biggest joys in my life and one of the most unrelatable things for me to talk about.
No, if anything, I was flattered by you thinking I have the intelligence to be a commercial pilot.
That is a step beyond me.
But I do take friends out.
I try and fly once a week.
And it's just if anyone is listening and going, oh, God, this is so, yeah, like ritzy or wanky or something, it's not quite as it sounds.
Like I'm not, as you said, I'm not flying in big private jets.
It's more, if you think back to old aviators with the funny ear flaps and like spinning the propeller to start the plane, it's closer to that end of the spectrum than it is, you know, John Travolta's jet.
oh, gosh, this is going to be real vulnerable.
Sarah, this is so vulnerable.