Plane-mad teenager launches Oxbridge air service

Telegraph | News | Plane-mad teenager launches Oxbridge air service

This is just brilliant. He's just 18, but he's followed his passion, and better still, he's found a good business case for what he does. The map in the story shows the lengthy routes cars and trains have to take between Cambridge and Oxford. It's amazing no-one has ever thought of an air service before.

I think this story is amazing because at 18 I had none of that sort of opportunity-spotting ability. Was it just me, or is that ability quite rare in the young?