Going for the PPL at 70?
A friend of a friend (I don't know him myself) is, I'm told, starting PPL training. He is 70 years old. I was in my late 20s when I started and I did it in a year, soloing in 10.5 hours, but compared to the 18 year olds who were learning alongside me I thought I'd left it a bit late. Human motor skills are best developed at the earliest age possible, but I did OK and now in my early 60s still enjoy aeros and bimbling in our Chippy.
My question is, can someone of 70 ever be a truly 'natural' pilot? Will they be able to develop the motor skills so that controlling the aeroplane accurately becomes second nature, not something that needs to be thought about?
I'm not an instructor, and I wondoer if those on here who are have had students of this age (or perhaps even older). Did they make it OK? Did they assimilate the required motor skills?
Just curious (as I say, I don't know this guy, am unlikely to meet him, so will not be trying to influence him one way or the other).