Flying for All

Not everyone wanted to break records, or race other pilots. Some just wanted to "sell the air" to the wider British public.

 Joy-riding

After WWI, there were huge numbers of surplus aeroplanes, and enormous numbers of surplus pilots, who simply wanted to carry on flying - or perhaps couldn't think of any other way to make a living - and some of them went on to set up 'joy-riding' firms. These companies, (none of which, I suspect, ever made much money) gave thousands of people their first taste of flight, significantly changing the public attitude towards flying.