Quote Originally Posted by Avantar View Post
I went to the air force wanting to be a pilot, passed the theory tests, but because I am colour blind - they would not even consider me for pilot. Was always an interest and I like flying simulators, it is just a bit time consuming and when I leave it for a while - I forgot most of the controls and also find myself starting again with the tutorials.
I didn't even try, my worst mistake. Our head boy was academically #1 in Pretoria that year (1996) and they didn't even take him, so I reckoned, they won't take me then either.