Eyesight and age
Hi all,
Firstly sorry if I have put this in the wrong place I looked at the wannabe's section but that seemed to be more about fixed wing and my question is specifically about hele's.
I am part of the "airwolf" generation and when growing up I just wanted to fly a helicopter because of that. When I was still very young I was told I was colour blind and as I got older people told me this would stop me becoming a pilot.. So I (possibly very naively) gave up on the idea and went into various jobs ending up in IT.
Recently my girlfried bought me an hours experience flight and I loved it, every second of it from learnign about the controls to my p*** poor attempt at hovering... I loved it just as much as I had thought I would back in the days watching airwolf all those years ago..
So anyway (sorry for dribbling on but I though it best to explain fully!) would being colour blind (albeit very mild) be a show stopper? Other than that my eyesight is good (no glasses)
Also age wise, is 33 too old to start thiking about flying as a serious career? Am I better off just going for PPL and doing it as an expensive hobby?
Thanks