Ramapriya wrote:
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

64 inches --- so what? Lots of shorter people fly. I'm only 66 in
and fly with no problem -- pillows or telephone books!

37 years old -- so what? We're not talking flying for a major airline
in the US, just aviation knowledge.

You can probably finds books about aerodynamics and aviation in
a school library. Is there an airport nearby? Talk to people there
about working/helping.