Who on POA has been a pilot the longest?

Damn Y'all

I always tell people. "If you don't want to get old, become a pilot. People will be calling you kid and sport well into your 40s"
Congrats to all you long-timers. Outstanding.
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
Damn Y'all

I always tell people. "If you don't want to get old, become a pilot. People will be calling you kid and sport well into your 40s"
Congrats to all you long-timers. Outstanding.
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When people ask me how old I am, I tell them I’m about 2 years away from calling the FBO girls “darlin’”. :)
 
in two days it'll be my 35th anniversary. It's sad to think about how many of those years I have not left the ground. Not about interest though....just life, money, proximity, and other priorities.
 
I'll hit 10 years next month. But my first lesson was 23 years ago. I soloed 23 years ago too and then life got in the way.
 
23 years since my PP-ASEL. It was still on paper at that point. Had to do NDBs for my instrument and complex for my commercial! And I'm still a young 'un compared to a lot of you.
 
Licensed for only 27 years, although I took my first lessons 56 years ago. I've flown with other instructors and examiners with as many as 33K hours, so I still feel like a beginner sometimes. Someone once said an airplane can't read all the ratings listed on a pilot's license. I'd add that that it also doesn't know or care how many hours are in a pilot's logbook. This is simple wisdom to fly with every day, for any pilot.
 
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texasclouds said:
My momma soloed when I was in her womb. 1983.
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Hmmm.... I think the statute of limitations has expired so she probably can't get in trouble for taking a passenger on her "solo" flight! :D

I took these Monocoupe photos at Blakesburg in 2016. There were three people in the plane, but we didn't know it yet!
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64 years. Rode in my dad’s Cub 1945. Soloed airplane 1962. Soloed helicopter 1967. Kept physical until 2000. Retired from aviation related job 2021. Still get a few hours dual here and there so I guess that makes me active. Enjoying life as an armchair aviator, telling war stories when prompted.
 
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Piperonca said:
64 years. Rode in my dad’s Cub 1945. Soloed airplane 1962. Soloed helicopter 1967. Kept physical until 2000. Retired from aviation related job 2021. Still get a few hours dual here and there so I guess that makes me active. Enjoying life as an armchair aviator, telling war stories when prompted.
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You solo-ed the year I was born!

But I question your status as an Armchair Aviator. Most of us in this category need no prompting!

Congratulations to a career well flown!

-Skip
 
PPL 1970. About to be an octogenarian next week.
 
davela said:
Licensed for only 27 years, although I took my first lessons 56 years ago. I've flown with other instructors and examiners with as many as 33K hours, so I still feel like a beginner sometimes. Someone once said an airplane can't read all the ratings listed on a pilot's license. I'd add that that it also doesn't know or care how many hours are in a pilot's logbook. This is simple wisdom to fly with every day, for any pilot.
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I was thinking about sayings like this yesterday. It started with the @Fast n' Furious quote "Rocks don't care what part of the CFR you fly under." I was thinking about some recent accidents and came up with "the weather doesn't care that you have to work tomorrow" and "Gravity doesn't care how many hours you have."
 
flyingcheesehead said:
I was thinking about sayings like this yesterday. It started with the @Fast n' Furious quote "Rocks don't care what part of the CFR you fly under." I was thinking about some recent accidents and came up with "the weather doesn't care that you have to work tomorrow" and "Gravity doesn't care how many hours you have."
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Trees at the end of the runway don't care what your performance table says.
 
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