From Plastic Parrots to Flying Kangaroos

What happens when a young man who dreamt of flying ever since he watched The Battle of Britain in 1969, manages to squeak through the demands of Air Force pilot training and finds himself posted to fly Boeing 707s in a unit that routinely transports members of the Royal Family, Governors-General and Prime Ministers around the world? For someone who aspires to one day occupy the hallowed captain's seat of a Qantas Boeing 747, it's a once-in-lifetime opportunity and promises travel to (and adventu