Like most boys during the space race, I wanted to be an astronaut or at least a fighter pilot, but soon enough realized that bad eyesight made that impossible. And when young, I was the same way about heights.
Not just boys! Girls sometimes wanted to be astronauts, too! Of course, I also wanted to be Mary Poppins. ;) I would take an umbrella outside on windy days and jump off of the top of the doghouse, and hope that I would get to fly like her.
I absolutely love watching jets. Never gets old.