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Old 20th November 2016 | 17:33
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EESDL
25 Anniversary
 
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From: Used to be God's own County
33-years, rotary and plank
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Old 20th November 2016 | 17:39
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Geoffersincornwall
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49 years and hanging on in there, pretending to be an aviator by hiding in the sim :-)
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Old 20th November 2016 | 18:35
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Gordy
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From: Redding CA, or on a fire somewhere
34 Years....
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Old 20th November 2016 | 18:49
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Droopy
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41 years of which the last 36 rotary
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Old 21st November 2016 | 13:17
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Three Lima Charlie
 
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From: Arizona
FAA Master Pilot. 55 years in fixed wing, 52 years in helicopters.
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Old 21st November 2016 | 16:26
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MightyGem
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From: Warrington, UK
Flew for 36 years before I retired in 2014, having started in gliders.
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Old 21st November 2016 | 17:54
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Fareastdriver
 
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FAA Master Pilot. 55 years in fixed wing, 52 years in helicopters.
By Christ! 107 years. He must have done his first solo on a Wright Flyer.
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Old 21st November 2016 | 20:57
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Self loading bear
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From: Netherlands
Originally Posted by Fareastdriver
By Christ! 107 years. He must have done his first solo on a Wright Flyer.
Not Necessarily,
I know it is not allowed to out fellow Rotorheads but in this case:

We are talking about Otto Lilienthal!😜😜

Cheers SLB
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Old 22nd November 2016 | 12:41
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handysnaks
Tightgit
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From: The artist formerly known as john du'pruyting
Flew for 36 years before I retired in 2014, having started in gliders.
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was that on Horsa's MG?
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Old 22nd November 2016 | 13:28
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Soave_Pilot
 
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From: Amazon Jungle
10 years and 9 months. Just a newbie
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Old 22nd November 2016 | 18:56
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Thomas coupling
 
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I have been flying for approximately a year my log book tells me. And that has taken me 38 years.
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Old 22nd November 2016 | 20:28
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soggyboxers
 
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From: In the Haven of Peace
Using the logic of Mr Flexible Disc coupling, it appears that I had some kind of airborne seat fabric under the underwear of my perspiring derrière for 3.19 years. This left me plenty of time for many more gallons of infuriator and the milk of my mother. Life is indeed good
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Old 23rd November 2016 | 07:34
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GKaplan
 
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From: GB
23 years, all rotary.
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Old 23rd November 2016 | 11:22
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BOBAKAT
 
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From: Thaïland
40 years licensed next july, but begin to fly helo 41
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Old 23rd November 2016 | 13:00
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vaqueroaero
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From: Florida
17 years and counting.
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Old 23rd November 2016 | 16:44
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RMK
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From: London
10 years; so still wet behind the ears.
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Old 23rd November 2016 | 17:58
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inmate
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From: Matanuska Valley, Alaska (The mind wanders back to the village of Plympton Devon sometimes)
3 Plank + 44 Rotary, still going just a little slower these days but still smiling.
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Old 23rd November 2016 | 19:12
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twinstar_ca
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From: canada
off and on since 1977 but lost my medical in the early 2000's.... great armchair pilot now...
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Old 24th November 2016 | 14:51
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Thilo
 
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From: Pretoria, South Africa
38 years, started on planks but quickly graduated to rotor. Still going...
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Old 24th November 2016 | 16:14
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Attila
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Joined: Aug 1999
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From: Spain
38 years when I retired in 2008. You know what, much as I loved my flying career, I don't miss it at all now.

It was great while it lasted, all 16325 hours of it!!
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