Started at age 41, after 18 years of PPL plank flight. Wanted to see if I could do it, having read how hard it was. Took about 10 hours to get a hover in the 22. Soloed at 20 hours, per the SFAR. About 60 hours by checkride time, because it took 22 months to complete. Fly some
, run out of money
, work a lot
, repeat....
