16 yo Skills Test passed!
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16 yo Skills Test passed!
A big "up" to Mark Franks down at EGKA, for passing his Skills Test at 16 yrs 8 months! Got to be one of the youngest ever!
Not a bad achievement if you ask me!
Not a bad achievement if you ask me!
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Yup it's definately high on the list of things to do.
You can't take passengers until you're 17 and have the licence, but the only other restrictions are that you don't leave the UK FIR, and also that all flights are with "instuction authorisation".
So maybe not straight away in a single seat, but in a 152 (sorry
), who knows......?
tKF
You can't take passengers until you're 17 and have the licence, but the only other restrictions are that you don't leave the UK FIR, and also that all flights are with "instuction authorisation".
So maybe not straight away in a single seat, but in a 152 (sorry
), who knows......? tKF
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Rich Parents? Possibly; but it still quite an acheivement! I think it is a measure of the chap's maturity that he has applied himself to pass the ground exams and the JAR Skill Test, regardless of where the money came from.
What a great boost to this chap's confidence this must be - that an aircraft owner (the flying school) trusts him to take £20,000 of their money into the sky and bring it back safely, with no other adult supervising him!
I expect he will go onto great things!
What a great boost to this chap's confidence this must be - that an aircraft owner (the flying school) trusts him to take £20,000 of their money into the sky and bring it back safely, with no other adult supervising him!
I expect he will go onto great things!
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What a great boost to this chap's confidence this must be - that an aircraft owner (the flying school) trusts him to take £20,000 of their money into the sky and bring it back safely, with no other adult supervising him!
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Hmmm, Evo, I'd be careful if I were you... you've made a 16 yr old PPL really mad...
Most of Marks lessons heve been paid for by flipping burgers under the golden arches or delivering pizzas on a moped in all weathers...not all young flyers have rich parents...
JP
Oh, and its not a £20,000 plane, its a brand new fully kitted 172 worth about £120k, so yes they do trust him...
Most of Marks lessons heve been paid for by flipping burgers under the golden arches or delivering pizzas on a moped in all weathers...not all young flyers have rich parents...
JP
Oh, and its not a £20,000 plane, its a brand new fully kitted 172 worth about £120k, so yes they do trust him...
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Hmmm, Evo, I'd be careful if I were you... you've made a 16 yr old PPL really mad...
I said I'd be impressed if he was 18 and paid for it himself. Raising the 6 grand or so for the PPL at age 16 is even more of an achievement (especially on pizza-delivery pay!). Doing that (and not blowing the money on CDs and snakebite'n'black) is far more of an achievement for a 16 year-old than the skills test pass IMHO - flying an aeroplane well enough to get a PPL isn't very hard, to be honest, but paying for it is. Especially when you're 16
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I passed at 16 years and 11 months, self funded! (yes, you guessed...mcdonalds and salad packing! tho I did receive a contract at 16 to do "Website design and managenment" with a large company as I was a good boy on work experience
) ( 
Got word from the CAA that I'm second youngest to get MEP, and 3rd youngest for IMC....doesn't help a lot to get a job tho (doh!).
i am lucky though, now 17 i am self funding my ATPL groundschool at the mo, but my father says if I get through this on my own, he'll help me out with the rest! I'm halfway to getting him to sign the 'contract'!
cheers
obk
) ( Got word from the CAA that I'm second youngest to get MEP, and 3rd youngest for IMC....doesn't help a lot to get a job tho (doh!). i am lucky though, now 17 i am self funding my ATPL groundschool at the mo, but my father says if I get through this on my own, he'll help me out with the rest! I'm halfway to getting him to sign the 'contract'!
cheers
obk
