Blanche wrote:
Anyone is eligible to join AOPA at any time. In fact student pilots
(regardless of point in time of training) can benefit thru many
of the training programs,

Many years ago you had to be an airplane owner or pilot (i.e., had a student
pilot certificate or better) to join AOPA. I guess they figured it made
there membership numbers look more legitimate. They dropped the question
from the membership applciation at least a decade ago.