My first famous passenger was Ringo Starr. I took him on a flight to France, and shortly after that flew Diana Ross to Dublin, where she was performing.
Resplendent in an impeccably tailored, doublebreasted suit, Sir David Beckham has looked every inch the Establishment figure during this year's Wimbledon.
It hasn't always been easy for the Beckhams, who have faced plenty of ups and downs. Yet as Victoria mused: 'We've always been there together and ridden the damn storm'.
It's a sentence I never thought I'd utter but, yes, I can relate to the Beckhams. They're hardly strangers to ridicule, but the snooty scorn heaped on David last week made me bristle with empathy.
I have spent the past 15 years longing for a reunion with my mother. Two months ago, I finally got what I'd been dreaming of - only not quite as expected.