Oldest RPT pilot
Deb is a mere spring chicken. The answer to "Down 3 Greens" would have to be Pat Feeney at 75. Top bloke and looks about 55. Airwork of NZ recently saw the retirement of their oldest at 80. It's not about the money or number of wives, these people just love to fly. They are good at it and fit, so why not. Life is for living. Some of us oldies find Lawn Bowls boring.
Nunc est bibendum
Wasn't asking for a debate on the pros and cons of aged pilots, just a straight forward question!!!!!
'Course it's not possible. Pilots have very short attention-spans. Whether the question is boring or interesting, straight or obscure - thread drift is inevitable.
Discussing stuff here is a bit like being at a party where everyone is talking over the top of everyone else and no one really gives a sh!t what the others are saying.
Why do we persist? We like the sound of our own voices - it's another pilot thing.
Discussing stuff here is a bit like being at a party where everyone is talking over the top of everyone else and no one really gives a sh!t what the others are saying.
Why do we persist? We like the sound of our own voices - it's another pilot thing.
An' another pilot thing - taking everything absolutely literally........
Bottums Up
Ah Mach. If you knew our Bloggs like we know our Bloggs, you'd know he was very tongue in cheek. So far in his cheek he's stopped talking and now just mumbles.
Most threads either diverse after a few posts, get closed down by our Fav Mods as they don't like them or they simply peeder out due lack of interest. I mean how much can one post about older pilots after a few have been mentioned?
As for DL?.....use caution there ....as 'Looky' said
Wmk2
As for DL?.....use caution there ....as 'Looky' said
Wmk2
By George!
Your posting took me aback, although on reflection I guess Fat Peeny really IS 75; he certainly doesn't look it. Still very enthusiastic, he has a C.185 at YCAB and I see him quite often.
Nice to hear Deb is still around too. The "'nearly 45 years" may be a slight exaggeration; she started at Ansett in 1979 so unless she had flown for 10/11 years before that....
Your posting took me aback, although on reflection I guess Fat Peeny really IS 75; he certainly doesn't look it. Still very enthusiastic, he has a C.185 at YCAB and I see him quite often.
Nice to hear Deb is still around too. The "'nearly 45 years" may be a slight exaggeration; she started at Ansett in 1979 so unless she had flown for 10/11 years before that....
........yeah 'Broomy' is still at it, one of the rocks of aviation in this country, a real inspiration & an honor to fly with
Few guys with his level of experience who would take the time to talk to the man on the street about flying:-)
.....pension cards, concessions, cheap public transport, grey hair, chicken skin & getting up several times in the middle of the night......ahhhh the benefits of being ancient !
Wmk2
Few guys with his level of experience who would take the time to talk to the man on the street about flying:-)
.....pension cards, concessions, cheap public transport, grey hair, chicken skin & getting up several times in the middle of the night......ahhhh the benefits of being ancient !
Wmk2
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Friend of mine retired from Sunstate a year or so ago at I think 72? He also had somewhere between 25K and 30K hours from memory?
I think Centaurus is still an active SIM instructor, hold a current ATPL and sharp as a pin, and he started flying around 1950!
I think Centaurus is still an active SIM instructor, hold a current ATPL and sharp as a pin, and he started flying around 1950!
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42 when I started my first jet endorsement in '99.
