People are obsessed with chronological age! There are constant posts here asking "Am I too old?", "Am I too young?" etc etc. Do you all spend your lives looking at people and working out their ages or something? does it matter?
Rob, I'm over twice your age, but I'd be happy to learn from you or anyone else if you had something you could teach me. If anyone else feels differently, it's their problem, not yours. I wish I'd started when I was your age, not because I can't do it now, but because it would mean I had a lot more years of flying left. You've got a great opportunity. Stop worrying and go for it!
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Whirly
To fly is human, to hover, divine.