Oldest active CFI on POA?

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I was comparing notes to another CFI last week who got his CFI in 1978. He was surprised when I mentioned I got mine in 1975 as an 18 year old. I know there's older CFIs on here than me.

Who's the oldest active CFI on POA?
 
Do you mean the active CFI who is the oldest in age (meaning they may have earned their certificate just last month), or the active CFI who got their CFI certificate the longest ago? Your post hints at both.

I qualify for neither, just clarifying...
 
Thanks for asking for clarification.

I suppose in my scotch fueled mind last night I was wondering who had their CFI the longest time period.

Oldest active CFI age wise would be interesting too.
 
mscard88 said:
Whoa, easy now, that involves math, and it's too ****ing early for math! :eek:
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It shouldn't require much math to remember at what age you got your certificate.

What would require math is to figure out how long you have been instructing. But then that begs the question about gaps--most airline pilots were CFIs along the way, but no longer teach, although some teach again in retirment. So do they get credited with their non-teaching years while jetting across the country / around the world?
 
Damn @Hank S now ya done it!


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But, to answer your question. Yeah we have gaps but you still "instruct" at the airlines too, not required, but you do some just not in the traditional sense. I even did some GA instructing here and there also.
 
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SkyDog58 said:
And who was the oldest when they got their CFI?
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I was 66 when I received my CFI certificate.

Some people suggested I was on the wrong side of too many bell curves.

I love everything about teaching people to fly.

So far age has not been a detriment and I have a 100% pass rate.

I still maintain a second class medical.
 
Way too many variables,looked like such an easy question,but this is POA.
 
A more interesting question might be which of you graybeards has the the most former students who have crashed a plane....
 
Half Fast said:
A more interesting question might be which of you graybeards has the the most former students who have crashed a plane....
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I have one. Flipped over on a T&G and forgot the flaps, in his own 172, co-owner. Not proud of that statistic though. :(
 
Zeldman said:
Thanks guys. I was making another appointment to see my cardiologist and in my mind I was feeling my age. You old farts made me feel better this morning..!!!
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Glad to be of service youngster! ;)
 
Once I get my CFI I will be the oldest CFI here
 
CC268 said:
Once I get my CFI I will be the oldest CFI here
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I'll beat you to it, since I got a head start. But right now, I'm having too much fun flying in the left seat to move over to the right. Besides, my Mooney won't make a good trainer . . . .
 
Vance Breese said:
I was 66 when I received my CFI certificate.

Some people suggested I was on the wrong side of too many bell curves.

I love everything about teaching people to fly.

So far age has not been a detriment and I have a 100% pass rate.

I still maintain a second class medical.
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Do you instruct in gyrocopters?
 
Vance Breese said:
I was 66 when I received my CFI certificate.

Some people suggested I was on the wrong side of too many bell curves.

I love everything about teaching people to fly.

So far age has not been a detriment and I have a 100% pass rate.

I still maintain a second class medical.
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I’m creeping up on 61, Instructor since 1980. Hope to add my gyroplane rating and gyroplane Instructor this spring. I’m fascinated by them!
 
I just signed off a very experienced fixed wing CFII for his proficiency check ride for Sport Pilot, Rotorcraft-gyroplane after two point seven hours of dual instruction and six point three hours of ground over a day and a half.

He easily passed his proficiency check ride.

I found it a joy to instruct a good flight instructor.

He was prepared; he listened and understood what I was trying to communicate.

To be a Sport Pilot instructor you need fifty hours of flight experience in gyroplane and fifteen hours as pilot in command of a gyroplane. (61.411)
 
LDJones said:
I’m creeping up on 61, Instructor since 1980. Hope to add my gyroplane rating and gyroplane Instructor this spring. I’m fascinated by them!
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61!!! Damn, you are an old fart. Heck, I don’t even hit 60 for another six weeks.
 
SkyDog58 said:
61!!! Damn, you are an old fart. Heck, I don’t even hit 60 for another six weeks.
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And he’s in charge of moving people around the country in one o dem Canadian aluminum flying tubes...better give him a jordane as a copilot so they won’t get seated in the AARP section of the airport coffee shop...
 
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Took me a while to dig out my first logbook.

Intro flight 11/15/74 at Opa Locka, FL

Private checkride 2/17/75 @ 51.2 hours

CFI checkride 6/23/77 @ 369.1 hours, went on to get CFII and CFIME.

Had a few brief lapses in CFI currency, but now at 68 have logged a total of just over 4,200 hours of dual given, and am current now.
 
Brien23, is older (71) been teaching/maintaining over 50 years
 
Passed the CFI Checkride July 31 1970. I was 26 yo at the time.
 
Ghery said:
Kids!
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Ha. Maybe to some but to more and more folks, I'm being looked at as an old guy. That's ok, it was inevitable. I'll be 2/3 of the way to 90 which would be a good age to make it to. Anything past that will be icing on the cake.
 
a better question would be,how many instructors,are over 80 and still teaching?
 
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