An aging pilot

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Stealth Pilot wrote:

voluntarily no one decides to stop flying unless they've had a scare.

Makes sense... In my case the scare came from the wallet



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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:V5jhd.350086

I wanted to start at age 17,
believe me, but I just didn't know how....

Which is why I feel it is our duty to help the next generation avoid the
mistakes I made. How many folks like me NEVER got off the ground, simply
because they NEVER figured out the fact that they could do it?

That is great, I'm sure there are many young lurkers here that will
benefit from you and the rest.

One thing I regret is that I didn't pursue a flying career when I was
young. I just met a 20 year old that went to Mesa (something) got
380+- hours and is now flying for United Express. He is still under
500 hours, but is getting more hours fast. Wish I could be twenty
again.

Bryan

What did he need that extra eye for? I have had no useful forward
vision in my left eye for 70 years that I know of (I got specs at age
2). Except for a bit of extra caution with noting where the wingtips
are, the spare eye serves no useful purpose while flying.

Since this man is just a casual aquaintance, I can only relay what
he said. However, I suspect that the cost of maintaining an airplane
had something to do with it.

I have run across a few one-eyed pilots, and have noticed that they
seem to do as well as "normal" ones. I'm in the latter category, but
don't trust my depth perception when it comes to wingtips. An easy
way to assure clearance (assuming the sun is shining) is to watch
the shadows on the ground (works best with high wing A/C). :-)

David Johnson