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Old 18th Nov 2016, 05:32
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33 years for me, a reasonable bit of plank wing time but the majority rotary.
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Old 18th Nov 2016, 06:11
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50 years and still going.
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Old 18th Nov 2016, 06:14
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44 and to young to retire
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Old 18th Nov 2016, 06:17
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Compared to everyone else a mere 27 years and going grey plus 30lbs heavier which is more worrying
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Old 18th Nov 2016, 07:35
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16 months. 99.8hrs P1. Playing catchup
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Old 18th Nov 2016, 13:21
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First hands on was a Bensen Gyrocopter on the back of a Pick Up Truck in 1963.

Gave it up for Lent a few Years back....lost the Medical.
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Old 18th Nov 2016, 13:36
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34 years so far - hopefully with a good few more left in me yet
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Old 18th Nov 2016, 13:38
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14 years......a mere fledgling.
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Old 18th Nov 2016, 14:14
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A mere toddler at 32 years of fixed and rotary.
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Old 18th Nov 2016, 17:39
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Time flies when you are having fun!

Decided flying beat the **** out of being a ICI chemist (schools career advisors suggestion?) in the middle of a loop in a DH Chipmunk over RAF Kinloss in 1964 but only been paid for doing it since 1970 - bugger - that is still 46 years!

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Old 18th Nov 2016, 18:28
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Packed it in eight years ago still with a Class One medical after 48 years in 25 countries.
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Old 18th Nov 2016, 20:16
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12 years (7 "seriously")
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Old 18th Nov 2016, 20:19
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Start my 48th year on 6th January 2017.
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Old 18th Nov 2016, 20:20
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32 years, but seems like yesterday.

DC

Edit: sorry, didn't realize this was the rotorheads forum. I'm airline.
I do have about a dozen hours dual in a B-206 Jet Ranger, gained about 15 minutes at a time from a friend who owned a 1 helicopter operation.

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Old 18th Nov 2016, 21:30
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22 years and counting!!!
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Old 19th Nov 2016, 14:38
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44years. 8 months to retire.
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Old 19th Nov 2016, 22:02
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22 years...and yes its gone fast!....Some plank wing but majority Rotary Still remember learning on a 22 with no governor back then
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Old 19th Nov 2016, 22:44
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37 years and keep counting.
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 14:03
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44 years...It's been fun.
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 17:28
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Originally Posted by heli kiwi
28 years. First 10 on planks.
Forgot to add. When I did my conversion to rotary. They didn't tell me I had to add in a divorce. 😊
But I've had lots of girlfriends since. Some not mine.
Wouldn't change a second of it.
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