So how old are we all?

[c-bert]

Well I've been lurking and posting in this forum for a while now and I suspect I'm pretty young to be here (with a few exceptions) being a 24 year old young'un.
I'm curious to know the average age of our web enabled GA community. For those of you who are sensitive about these issues a rough approximation will do! :ok:

[englishal]

35.........and loving it :D

[distaff_beancounter]

Now look here young man .........

Didn't anyone tell you it was rude to ask a lady her age, especially if she is old enough to be your mother, and nearly old enough to be your grannie! :{

DB - growing old disgracefully, given half a chance :ok:

[c-bert]

I can only apologize, but take heart from this - neither my mother nor my grandmother are internet using pilots....:D

[AndyDRHuddleston]

25 yrs - How time fly's when you're having fun!

[radarcontrol]

21 ... student PPL with 17 hours logged. Great fun!:D

[Chilli Monster]

Age is an inconsequential state of mind :cool:

[Mike Cross]

I am nearly as old as my aeroplane, which is 56 years old this year.

Mike

[dublinpilot]

31. Is that enough for a reply??

[Whirlybird]

A PPRuNer who recently found out my age by devious means (another website and some detective work) said he'd thought I was 20 years younger than I am. Well...I often knock ten years off, but from now on, I might try 20. That being so, I have no intention of telling you all my real age, and if I did, you wouldn't know whether to believe me or not, now I've told you all that I sometimes lie! And like distaff_beancounter, I come from a generation when it was rude to ask a lady her age. But no problem, asking is fine; just don't expect an answer. ;)

Growing old is compulsory; growing up is optional. :ok:

[FingersR]

I have reached the grand old age of 28! :D

[Flock1]

...and I'm 33. Passed my PPL when I was 31. Wanted to be a pilot since I was 10.

[LondonJ]

19...giving me a massive 2 years post-PPL experience

[TheBeeKeeper]

29..... Had PPL for 3 years, though let it lapse and have only started flying again in last 6 months.... now on taildraggers, hurrah! Although with only a tailskid and no brakes, taxying is challenging in all but the lightest of winds.

BK

[DubTrub]

Almost as old as my aeroplane, which was 59 years old this year
(sorry Mike, mine's older than yours!)

[distaff_beancounter]

I have the perfect method of being devious about my age.

When asked, I never tell anyone how old I am -
- I just say that "my last birthday was my xxth"

I was born on 29th February, so I only get one birthday every four years! ;)

[c-bert]

I take it those aren't roman numerals then...?;)

[distaff_beancounter]

Nice one ...

But I am not THAT old!!! :)

[LondonJ]

you're 44-47, let x = 1, therefore your last birthday was your 11th. Given that it is every 4 years that puts you somewhere between 44 and 47.

[Aussie Andy]

41 - and good looking!?

Andy ;)

[distaff_beancounter]

I will give you a clue lads ............

The Olympic Games are held every four years to celebrate the fact that it is a Leap Year

Well, that's my theory! ;)

[BRL]

Well I have met the good lady in question here (DB) and have even been in her car so I can safely assure you guys she doesn't look a day over 21...... :)

[TheBeeKeeper]

DubTrub and Mike Cross..... my aeroplane was 60 this year, more than twice my age! Does that mean I am getting old before my time?

BK

[distaff_beancounter]

Hi there BRL

What I kind gentleman :)

Next time we meet I will buy you that pint or ten that I promised you for coming out with that load of old :mad:

[maggioneato]

According to the CAA records, there are only 6 female PPL's of my age, so that tells you very little. :p

[distaff_beancounter]

maggioneato
According to the CAA records, there are only 6 female PPL's of my age, so that tells you very little Oh yes it does!

You must be very bright to be one of 6 only females to hold a PPL at age seventeen ;)

[wbryce]

19yrs old, PPL student at 37hrs, next is my solo QXC, then mock flight test! :D

[oscarmike]

Suddenly I feel horribly ancient............ :(

Regards

OM

[BRL]

Well I have met the good lady in question here (DB) and have even been in her car so I can safely assure you guys she doesn't look a day over 21......

Sorry, I forgotten to add it was 40 years ago we met... ;) :D

[distaff_beancounter]

BRL
Sorry, I forgotten to add it was 40 years ago we met... Well .... there goes the ten pints that I promised him! ;)

[ACW 335]

19 years old and been flying since i was 16 ;) and i have my license

How do you find out CAA stats with regards to FCL?

D_B
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According to the CAA records, there are only 6 female PPL's of my age, so that tells you very little
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Oh yes it does!

You must be very bright to be one of 6 only females to hold a PPL at age seventeen

WOW maggioneato must be a serioulsy bright 17 year old to have an IMC and Night rating! ;)

[cblinton@blueyonder.]

10 years younger than my aeroplane.

It is 1959 and looks younger than me?

:suspect: :cool:

[Johnm]

old enough to be your father but didn't start flying until I was over 50, ain't half glad I did though!

[TheKentishFledgling]

17 with a PPL(A) - so still a Fledgling in one sense, but not in another :)

tKF

[AerBabe]

27, been flying since I was about 22 and my aeroplane is 10 years younger than me!

[Floppy Link]

21 years older than my aeroplane and it was completed in 1985.
Russell

http://www.espotlight.co.uk/gbtbi/listlogo.jpg

PPL at 17 and took until 38 to buy my own :eek:

[bar shaker]

41.

Damn that's hard to admit.

[maggioneato]

You must be very bright to be one of 6 only females to hold a PPL at age seventeen
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WOW maggioneato must be a serioulsy bright 17 year old to have an IMC and Night rating!


Sorry to disappoint you folks, but you are working the wrong end of the scale. :p

[LowNSlow]

I'm 11 years younger than my Auster which was built post war. That's WW2 by the way not WW1 :uhoh:

[QSK?]

Old enough to remember what it was like to fly when a twin hired out at $25/hr, fuel was very cheap, HF Comms were DSB, VARs were just starting to become popular, most aircraft didn't have ADFs, VA/ORs, DMEs or GPS and you were number 12 waiting in line to take off on Saturday morning at most of Australia's secondary airports.

[Another St Ivian]

Started flying regularly at 16. First solo at 16, PPL 17, currently 18 (although 19 tomorrow).

My trusty steed is some 8 years older than me.

[Pink_aviator]

Well . let me see.

Old enough to be a Seanmhair,
Young enough to throw a wobbler ,when things don't go right ,

But still enough sense to fly an aeroplane .

THE PINKSTER

[Algirdas]

37 years older than my Mark 1 Thruster TST.
I look like Santa .......

THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:

1) You believe in Santa Claus.
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus.
4) You look like Santa Claus.
:sad:

[Mariner9]

Well I've got the record (so far) for years older than my aircraft - 43. (Aircraft is 0 - still being built)

[Hampshire Hog]

36 with 1 wife, 1 son and, sadly, only limited funds (and time) for flying! Ah, these young people have it easy!

[shortstripper]

39 ... 1 wife (bugger! are more an option?) 5 kids and even less money and time for flying. :ugh:

Homebuilt aeroplanes are my saviour ... and farm strips :ok:

SS

[BEagle]

As old as I feel.

Or perhaps as someone else I might manage to feel.....:E

On the local TV last night there was a piece about an 81-year old pilot about to set off in a replica SE5A to St Omer. Now THAT puts any of us to shame!

And I'm very slightly older than the lovely Pinkster !!

[VP959]

The cracker about the bit on TV re: the 81 year old flying his SE5A from Popham to St Omer was the final shot of his wife, vainly trying to get into their car and realising the old b*gg*r had taken the keys with him. A classic................

I loved his comment about making sure he had the support of She Who Must Be Obeyed as well, I wonder how many of us suffer slight hostility from that direction from time to time?

[shortstripper]

"I wonder how many of us suffer slight hostility from that direction from time to time?"


hmmmm ... to true, :\ I take back my comment about the option of more wives :uhoh:

SS

[Ripline]

Mariner9

Well I've got the record (so far) for years older than my aircraft - 43. (Aircraft is 0 - still being built)

Ah well, at least you held the record.....

51 years older than G-BXLP

It just keeps on getting better!:ok:

[andyb79]

They do say that your only as old as the woman you feel!

Unfortunatly since shes the same age as me im still 24.

[shortstripper]

Oh I wish! :p

SS

[Ripline]

vainly trying to get into their car and realising the old b*gg*r had taken the keys with him.

Happened to two of my friends at Bristol - as they ascended P2 says to P1 "Have you got the spare set of keys?"
"Yes" says P1, "I left the master set in the ignition in the retrieve".
"Bugger", says P2, "I put them in my pocket to keep them safe...."

Retrieve driver below is going frantic, thinking that she's lost them!

Checklists - don't you just love them? :{


Ripline

[omcaree]

18 years old, nearly 100 hours total.
but cant fly anymore because the government seems to think i should pay for my education

[andyb79]

18 years old, nearly 100 hours total.
but cant fly anymore because the government seems to think i should pay for my education

That damn government:mad:

In the same boat as you, Looks like i will have to put my flying on hold for a couple of years till i graduate:{ :{ :{

Why oh why did i go back to uni:=

[Barnstormer1982]

150 years and 22 hours (self-paid!) total time - or was it the other way around?:E

[BeauMan]

Jeez there's a lot of young 'uns on here. I'm 35, but you guys are making me feel damn old! :*

[Cusco]

Well ;

I was a war baby:


Work that out.


My little piece in Flyer Mag (Sept) gives a few clues.

Cheers

[Keef]

... and I'm older than Cusco.

I'm two years older than my wife. When she was born, Japan immediately surrendered.

And I've loved every bit of it!

Hey Andyb - I went back to Uni at age 53. Life is for living!

[Deano777]

Im 31, a wife, mortgage and a little girl too and wishing he was 16 again, gees life's a bitch :{ :{ :{

[ACW 335]

Omcaree...join the club!

[omcaree]

slightly off topic i know, but are there any loughborough students on here? thats where i'm off to at the end of this month.
they have a flying club there, which is handy, but still i think i'll be taking up gliding (cheaper without the engine)

[Charlie Zulu]

Only two and a half years until I'm celebrating my thirtieth birthday. Or should that be drowning my sorrows?

Ten years ago I thought by now I'd be working behing a desk, maybe own a house, car and be seeing a nice girl, whilst staring with glazed eyes up at the skies loning to be one you aviators.

In reality I am indeed working behind a desk, have my own car, but I don't own my own house yet due to this flying lark! Six hundred hours and a variety of different licences and certificates haven't really left me any spare cash over for the mortgage... oh and no girlfriend either.

I really should get my priorities right one day.

Best wishes,

Charlie Zulu.

[ACW 335]

Omcare...How about joining EMUAS - the UAS which serves loughborough uni
It's not compulsory to join the RAF afterwards.

[Tiger_ Moth]

I'm 20 so I'm less than a third the age of my trusty steed.

ACW, you don't work in Hounslow do you?

Omcaree, I agree, join the UAS if you can, I would have if they weren't such a bunch of eyesight fascists......

[omcaree]

I was considering the UAS, but i used to be in the air cadets and got sick of the RAF side of it.
obviously UAS is more flying based, but still seems a bit too much like the RAF for me.
I'll probably still give it a go, but if anything i'll fail on medical grounds, was surprised enough when i got a class 2 with no problems.

[ACW 335]

Tiger_Moth...

Where's Hounslow?!
PM me LOL do you know me?

Air Cadets is very different to the RAF Omcaree.

[FlyFreeWbe]

omacree check your PM's




as for the actual age thing.. :p