Spooky!

Eldest of 3
No family aviation background
Sailing & Motorbikes
Starsign = bollux

PS: I would watch a video about otters

2nd of 4 girls and nowhere near the top of the pecking order!
aquarius
no family history of aviation
couch potato
tone deaf

fifthcolumns

I kept a running tab, (OK, OK, I'm at the end of my vacation...getting a little bored...nothing better to do tonight.)

So far "not scientific BTW" I count, including my husband ....59 first born
....16 second born of which 9 are also last born, and 3 of which has an elder sibling also a pilot.
....12 third born, and interestingly enough, 9 are the youngest also
....4 fourth born
....1 fifth born
....1 sixth born
....11 only child
Like I said, not scientific, but first born do by far outnumber the others.


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Elder of two
Aquarius

Jigsawblue,
Did it ever occur to you, that if you had reversed the question (ie told a story about the youngest in the family) that you would have had a total different result in answers?

I don't know much about that subject, but in the question lies the most favourable answer.....

Just thinking out loud...

Eldest of two

Virgo

Play piano

LOC :)

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Elder of two.
Reddo, I love my motorbike!!

oldest of three other two are train drivers..
i must have got the short straw..

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Eldest of three. My father was the elder of two and flew in WW2 - came across the pond with one of the first Liberators.

Youngest of 8. Not a conformist. I was the accident, 6 years gap to my elder bro.

5th of 5

Ain´t this wierd?

My details

Eldest of two
Diploma level in piano and violin
Virgo (sod all difference that makes, tho)
PPL (assume that counts as pilot)
Engineer
Got one child, daughter
No aviation history in family, tho cycling out to Staverton airport was a regular treat when I was young

Eldest of 3, but only a wannabe

Coming out of retirement, just this once,
mind you, to answer 'the maker's'
question. Yes the original question
was loaded, however and thank you
Azure for this, the overwhelming majority
of respondents are first born or only chlldren
which is effectively the same thing.

This means one of several things.
Most pilots or wannabees are first born.
Most PPRuNers are first born
Most younger siblings don't bother
replying.
Most internet users are first born
The only thing we can be sure of is that
most respondents are first born.
However given this admittedly subjective
evidence and other sources it does appear
that there is a preponderance of first borns
in the profession for all the reasons discussed
in previous posts.
Intuitively I believe this is in fact the case.

Thanks to everyone for replying if it gets
much bigger it'll probably crash the forums soon.

Well that's it, my final post on PPRuNe. I'll still
be here in other ways.
Bye

Eldest of two...

A320 F/O

Youngest of Two

Eldest as well

I am 31, F/O ATR 42/72, flying gliders since 1983 .My sister is now 35 and got her drivers license 4 years ago. Isn´t it weird...?

Youngest of six. Two each much-older half-brothers and half-sisters (same father, different mother), and one full brother. Never even met the half-siblings, but elder full-brother is full-blown loser (less-than-honorable discharge from the Army, criminal record, drug addict, etc.).

Each parent youngest of three.

Family members with aviation background:

• Myself — began life as a frustrated wanted-to-be astronaut, reduced to aspiring to become flying cop as a "next-best-thing" to being a military pilot. On the up side, there is much to be said for putting real dope smugglers in jail, vs. chasing imaginary MiGs in a fast-mover. FAA PPL(ASEL), Ground Instructor (Advanced/Instrument), some helo and glider time. Finishing CPL ASEL/RH(IFR) on the proverbial "20-Year Plan" (due to severe fiscal constraints). Military parachutist. Prior work experience as an aircraft mechanic (unlicensed).
• One cousin (youngest of four, son of my father's sister) who is a PPL holder, owns his own security systems business and has no interest in flying professionally.
• Two other cousins (7th and 8th of 8, sons of my father's brother) are nonflying aviation support types in the US Navy: one an air-traffic controller, the other a technician. Neither has any interest in ever actually flying however.

Family vocational/professional background:

• Males are blue-collar, females are white-collar. Go figure!
• Electricians appear to be the predominant trade, though there have also been several cabinetmakers, carpenters, sheet-metal repairmen, machinists, two cement finishers and one millwright.

Family military background:

• Nearly all of the males (none of the females) have served in the military, though none have actually made a career of it. Unless you want to count the fact that I'm still a Sergeant in the Army National Guard (the US counterpart of the TA for you Brits!)
• Four went on to become police officers: myself, two uncles, and maternal grandfather.
• Plenty of us (myself included) have become NCOs/POs, but none have held commissioned rank.

Academic Remarks:

• Myself: BA(history) with a minor in mathematics. Graduated police academy at age 35. Working knowledge of four languages (English, Hebrew, German, Spanish).
• One uncle: BA(sociology) with a minor in psychology.
• Several cousins (all female): various diplomas in accounting, business management, and computer programming.
• Older brother: high-school dropout.

Astrological sign:

• Aquarius (though I don't believe in astrology, I've decided to answer this one anyway).

Riding-related matters:

• Some equitation as a boy.
• Fell off a neighbor's 125-cc Honda once when I was 12!
• Glad I haven't been on a bicycle since age 11, ever since I read about Perineal Blunt Trauma!
• Rafting/canoeing (ocean and whitewater)
• Aerobatics (I can squeeze 8 seconds of zero-g out of a C172!)
• BFM/ACM in a 2000 Ford Crown Vic! Not that I get to do that very often, but I might be persuaded to let YakYak play with the siren :).

Gender-of-offspring:

• Mine: N/A (no kids) — not married yet (aval yesh tikva!)
• PPL-holder cousin's: two sons, no daughters.

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Anybody out after 2 AM is either a !!!!, a cop or a pilot. Or any combination of the three!

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2nd of 3