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Old 4th Jan 2004, 09:01
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WLM
 
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Do not let your age cloud your heart and soul. We only have one life (well I sometime wonder.....)
When I was 29, I got told I was too old for plank driving, so opted for our wonderful fraternity. Did my PPL. It took me until 39 to actually managed to secure funds for a CPL and another 4 years of hangar rat work (Oz slang for a slave) stock mustering, and some good luck from nice people along the way (yes they do exist) etc. I even had to lease my own turbine machine to build myself some decent turbine hours (Broke......) So where does all this lead to? an average salary, a distant marriage with high phone bills, some loneliness.. But I would not trade my place in the sky for any other way of living. So do it, become a professional and enjoy the good of life. The bad can go to hell.
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