I was at an airshow and the 76 year Sikorsky chopper pilot seem to have absolute no trouble putting her through her paces---now when it come to chopper I know all the blah blah blah--LTE/ dead mans curve/ground resonance---------
---with airplanes the aerodynamics background helped tremendously and my CFI was just a facilitator---I began as an airplane pilot from the zeroth hour TO--to landing including radio--I taught myself to fly [airplanes]---period--I know others---- who've done the same---but from a pilot's viewpoint choppers to me are
so As far as age---it' seem like in all practical reality age is a number--BTW: the Oldest pilot ever was flying at 103---so let'em fly and learn from them as they've survived a quite intensive
Natural selection process
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