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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Gezellig wrote in news:6i0carFo8ma9U1
@mid.individual.net:

Recently a 72 yo went blind in flight (stroke?) and safely landed in the
drink in FL. Several comments were that age should be considered in
keeping your PPL. I can see this makes sense /but/ it would prolly be
illegal.

There have been people in their 90s with commercial certificates. I know
someone who taught after he retired well into his 80s and continued to fly
into his 90s.
Then there's Bob Hoover and Duane Cole...



I know somebody who was Chief Pilot for Eastern and still flies at 92 --
then we had another old Eastern guy who died at 102 -- he was flying his
Bonanza until shortly before his death. Car rental companies wouldn't
rent to him because he was too old!

I know quite a few pilots flying well into their 70s -- some in
high-performance planes.

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