How old are you?

Waldo Peppar · Post by **Waldo Peppar** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:33 am

65..soon to be 66
started in military in 67 at 18 plus 35 years airline
now flying amphib 185 for fun and a part time seasonal job to remind me what it is like starting on the way up.
47 years flying in....goal is to go for 50 years flying before considering going back into boating.

niss · Post by **niss** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:29 am

28, did cadets as a lad. Bought the plane at 21, finally got licensed at 23.

I still think farts are funny.

5x5 · Post by **5x5** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:32 am

niss wrote:I still think farts are funny.

Often depends on whether you're the presenter or the audience.

iflyforpie · Post by **iflyforpie** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:37 am

Or whether they are wet or dry.

Old Dog Flying · Post by **Old Dog Flying** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:11 am

79 years

Flying since 1952. Air cadets Air Force. Instructed for a life time. ATC for nearly 50 years

And I've never grown up.

Barney

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:51 am

And Barney is older than me and he has been flying longer.

niss · Post by **niss** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:04 am

Cat Driver wrote:And Barney is older than me and he has been flying longer.

C'mon ., no one is going to believe that. I seem to recall you were interviewed at Kittyhawk after the first flight bitching about the quality of pilot instruction those days.

bmc · Post by **bmc** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:38 am

niss wrote:28, did cadets as a lad. Bought the plane at 21, finally got licensed at 23.

I still think farts are funny.

I have underwear older than you.

In fact I'm wearing them right now.

niss · Post by **niss** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:20 am

bmc wrote:
niss wrote:28, did cadets as a lad. Bought the plane at 21, finally got licensed at 23.

I still think farts are funny.
I have underwear older than you.

In fact I'm wearing them right now.

You know underwear isn't like a car, boat, or airplane. No one thinks you're cool for keeping it around forever

flyinthebug · Post by **flyinthebug** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:00 am

A couple months shy of the big 50!

Started flying in 1984. Still LOVE aviation!

Moose47 · Post by **Moose47** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:41 pm

G'day

Turn 61 in November.

My first aircraft ride was at age 7 in the back end of an RCAF C-119. We flew at 13,000 feet from RCAF Unit Fort Churchill to RCAF Station Winnipeg in the middle of winter, 1961. Have been flying since September 1973.

Cheers...Chris

oldtimer · Post by **oldtimer** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:33 pm

People ask me how old I am and I point out the window. "See that dirt out there? Same age".
Actually 74.
First flying lesson evening of June 29, 1959. Retired and last flight landed early evening of July 30, 2010. And it was a poor landing.

Tom H · Post by **Tom H** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:28 pm

About to become 55
Still work like I did at 35
Still think like I did at 25
Been know to still act like a teenager

Been involved in aviation since birth (first flight with my father as pilot and family in the plane at 3 weeks old)
Took a 15 year break when my father passed (no my smartest move)

But since I have done everything I can to preserve, promote and advocate for aviation and plan on continuing to.

But when my father passed in the early 80s I cut myself off from flying and destroyed my logs so had to start over, dumb move.
More to the story but thats nuff.

Since coming back in I have 200hrs +/- on everything from lawn chair ultralights to certified spam cans and love all of it.

Tom H

Big Pistons Forever · Post by **Big Pistons Forever** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:16 pm

Interesting that 49 % of the persons who answer the poll where in the 21 to 35 age cohort but the majority of the posters on this thread were over 50.....

Shiny Side Up · Post by **Shiny Side Up** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:27 pm

You might have different results if you specified "posters" as opposed to "readers".

Big Pistons Forever · Post by **Big Pistons Forever** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:34 pm

This poll lends credence to a suspicion I had. The majority of the readers are 35 and under, but the majority of the posters, including me (54), are quite a bit older.

esp803 · Post by **esp803** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:40 pm

27 at the moment, started through the Cadets.

E

CpnCrunch · Post by **CpnCrunch** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:42 pm

Perhaps the younger posters/lurkers have been scared off from posting. Hey, it's safe to come back! The Colonel has been permabanned, and Shiny is only mildly grumpy (which I think is just because he hasn't been flying enough recently).

Big Pistons Forever · Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:08 pm

CpnCrunch wrote:Perhaps the younger posters/lurkers have been scared off from posting. Hey, it's safe to come back! The Colonel has been permabanned, and Shiny is only mildly grumpy (which I think is just because he hasn't been flying enough recently).

+ 1

I sure would like to see more newer instructors on the training forum. Unfortunately when the odd one does pop up they get abused by a small number of prolific posters who's mission in life seems to be disrespecting anyone who holds a current flight instructor rating

and are never heard from again.....

trampbike · Post by **trampbike** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:26 pm

CpnCrunch wrote:Hey, it's safe to come back!

Yep, and the forums has lost its greatest contributor, whether you found him offensive or not...

pdw · Post by **pdw** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:21 am

A fairly thick skinned guy, and was/is able to give others a chance to make their point too (see/use search function).

It's freedom 55 for me ... hope it's not just a pipe dream

. For that bit of flying experience I've had it's hard to believe there can be so much in memory about it.

So ... I can only recommend joining in for someone who hasn't yet, and spit out some of that experience for others to see, even if a little inevitable flame-broiling occurs (IMO using water sometimes helps). Pilot readers ...newbies, instructors, retirees alike ... seem only to join in the fray when something said finally compels them to try. Now's the chance, ... as good a time as any.

CpnCrunch · Post by **CpnCrunch** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:34 am

trampbike wrote:
CpnCrunch wrote:Hey, it's safe to come back!
Yep, and the forums has lost its greatest contributor, whether you found him offensive or not...

I agree he posted a lot of useful stuff, but he also trolled an awful lot and also got stuff wrong. In the end he was generating a lot more heat than light, and I think the admins just got fed up with him.

Anyway, I've found that Mike Busch is a more reliable source for most of the stuff he posted.

iflyforpie · Post by **iflyforpie** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:13 am

Maybe 767 will come back. Or Chantal/Sheila.

niss · Post by **niss** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:18 am

Or tower girl. Though, I'm still not unconvinced her corpse isn't in hazatudes basement dressed in a Victorian gown.

trampbike · Post by **trampbike** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:40 am

iflyforpie wrote:Maybe 767 will come back.

That would certainly be entertaining.
He could teach us a lot about stall recoveries.

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