I've been meaning to mention this for a while, but a month or two ago a guy from town bought a field just down the road from where I live, and has since converted it into a grass airstrip for his microlight aircraft. This is funny enough in itself, seeing as I now live about 60 seconds away from an airstrip, but what's even better is that today my dad got talking to the owner, and he offered to take him up in the plane. I am just back from watching a two seater microlight take off with my dad in it from a field down the road. I don't even.

E: I should add, I would have got pictures of the takeoff, but dad took the camera with him. He's not back from the flight yet, but he had better be getting some good pictures.