Yet the marketing executive has since become a light aircraft pilot, learned to ski, married and given birth.

In his sixties, he became a private aircraft pilot.

Later, he was transferred into the air force and flew as an observation aircraft pilot.

That goal seemed unattainable at the time, so he dreamed of becoming an aircraft pilot.

A trained aircraft pilot, he was also known for flying airplanes (propeller and jet), as well as helicopters as a hobby.