Am I too old to fly?

On Dec 14, 2:34*am, "vaughn" wrote:

It CAN make sense if you don't push anything and never add up your flight hours
(because you won't want to know). *The fact is, it will take you a long time,
but you can still enjoy the flying and you can get great satisfaction from
mastering the basics. * Think of it as "just going flying", only difference is
there will be a (probably young) instructor sitting in the right seat for longer
than normal. *Don't worry, paying the instructor is the cheapest part of flight
training. *When/if you finally progress to the point where you are safe to solo,
he/she will tell you, but never ask and never-never push.

Friend of mine is an ag pilot at 75.
The original poster shouldn't have any more problems flying, going
solo, doing the training and getting a PPL than any-one younger.

"george" wrote in message
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Friend of mine is an ag pilot at 75.

Flying and learning to fly are two very different things.

The original poster shouldn't have any more problems flying, going
solo, doing the training and getting a PPL than any-one younger.

That's simply not true. People of any age can take flight training, but on
average the older you are, the longer it will take to make you a safe pilot.

That said, I encourage the OP to give it a go. When you climb into the plane,
leave your ego on the ramp. Get a good instructor, go fly, have fun, but don't
pay attention to your flight hours.

On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:09:51 -0500, vaughn wrote:

"george" wrote in message
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Friend of mine is an ag pilot at 75.

Flying and learning to fly are two very different things.

The original poster shouldn't have any more problems flying, going
solo, doing the training and getting a PPL than any-one younger.

That's simply not true. People of any age can take flight training, but on
average the older you are, the longer it will take to make you a safe pilot.

And the less flight time you will have to perfect the art.
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vaughn writes:

That's simply not true. People of any age can take flight training, but on
average the older you are, the longer it will take to make you a safe pilot.

On what do you base this assertion?