(Ramapriya) wrote in
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Er... actually I'm from India, where flying is affordable to a very
small section of the populace, and I've never been in that category.
Poverty hasn't helped keep my interest for flying down, although it
hasn't helped in making that actually happen :\

Also, I'm 37 and 64 inches tall, both prohibitive minuses to even
think of flying lessons, from what I've heard. One guy (a pilot) had
said I wouldn't be able to reach the rudder pedal with my short
stature, making me wonder if planes don't have adjustable seats like
cars do

Ramapriya




I don't think 5'4" is a problem. I have taught students who were about that
height. You can pull the seats forward, but the rudder is at a fixed depth
behind the panel, and if you pull too far forward your face will be too
close to the panel. You may also face a problem with seeing over the panel.
For that you may need a seat cushion.

37 is not old. Some have started that late and even gone on to airline
jobs, but admittedly that is not very common. There are plenty of people
who took their first lesson past 30 and went on to earn all the ratings and
are very active in aviation. In fact, I would suspect that the majority of
GA pilots started in their 30's or later.


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