So how old are we all?
 

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:

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

c-bert
 

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:

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

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

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

Age is an inconsequential state of mind :cool:

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

Mike

31. Is that enough for a reply??

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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! ;)

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

c-bert
 

Nice one ...

But I am not THAT old!!! :)

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.

41 - and good looking!?

Andy ;)

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! ;)

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...... :)

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

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:

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

maggioneato
Oh yes it does!

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

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

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

Regards

OM

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

BRL
Well .... there goes the ten pints that I promised him! ;)

Under 20!
 

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

10 years younger than my aeroplane.

It is 1959 and looks younger than me?

:suspect: :cool:

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

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

tKF

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

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:

41.

Damn that's hard to admit.

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

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

Memories
 

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.