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Mooney 20th August 2000 13:23

Father, Pilot- he was the youngest child to be a Pilot with a elder brother.

Me, youngest of 3 (two sisters), Pilot.

Now- who's going to work all these stats out!

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Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to
make all of them yourself.

BreakRight 22nd August 2000 20:45

Currently an Engineer
Desperate Wannabe
Eldest of 3


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Go get em Floyd!

The Zombie 23rd August 2000 16:07

youngest of two......is that bad?
People keep asking if I have thought of catering...!

Jigsawblue where are you going?

beeswax 23rd August 2000 21:19

eldest of 2

Are you going to add all this up?

TowerDog 24th August 2000 02:55

Nr. 2 out of 2.


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Men, this is no drill...

Seaking 24th August 2000 10:03

No1 of 4.Heli and plank driver.ex army.Leo,as is my wife who is cabin crew and also my son who is only 3 but is going to be my Capt. someday if he continues showing his present interest and i can save some,lots... of money.Dad was no 1 of 13!!!Ex merchant navy officer from the deck,so there is something in this it seems.All i know is that i love my job,its a hobby i get paid to do and yes i still build model aeroplanes and read Biggles.Must be something in the beer :)

Check 3 greens.....

tealady 24th August 2000 10:03

Me - No 2 in family
Spouse- No 1
Daughter - 1 and only
Daughter has 2 great uncles who were fighter pilots in WW2, Kittyhawks and Beaufighters.
She has just passed RAAF flight screening with a "highly recommended". Goal: To be RAAF's first FA18 driver

tealady 24th August 2000 10:05

Me - No 2 in family
Spouse- No 1
Daughter - 1 and only
Daughter has 2 great uncles who were fighter pilots in WW2, Kittyhawks and Beaufighters.
She has just passed RAAF flight screening with a "highly recommended". Goal: To be RAAF's first female FA18 driver

av8tion 25th August 2000 03:59

Eldest of two

LowNSlow 25th August 2000 19:23

Page 2 of 2

Engineering Degree

Used to ride geegee's until I duffed my back

Used to ride motorbike's until I scared myself silly

Still drinking

Dad ex WW2 F/E on Halifaxes. Uncle ex WW2 WOP/AG on Blenheims

Aries. I used to think it was b*ll*x until over a period of time I met 3 women of different generations but all born on 10th April. Their personality traits were so similar it was scary. Now I just avoid women born on 10th April.



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When the wheels stop turning you're high enuff. CubTrek. To slowly go...

Only angels have wings! 27th August 2000 03:42

Time to throw spanners in the works. Other half is the baby boy in his family, and has to be coaxed into doing anything more adventurous than thwacking leather with willow (which he's awfully good at)but he's a classic high achiever.
On the other hand, I'm the 1st of 3 girlies do the usual sailing, skiing, motorcycling, music stuff but got chucked out of flying school and used to be an engineer. Does that completely mess up the theory?

gashshag1 28th August 2000 11:49

#4 out of 4,3 girlies 1 geeza (me)

Firestorm 31st August 2000 12:56

Only son; two younger sisters.

Max Continuous 1st September 2000 01:44

Third out of four.

PPRuNe Towers 1st September 2000 12:55

Magnificent thread, thanks to Jigsaw for kicking it off.

Now that everyone's in the right frame of mind can we do left handers huh - please?

Regards from the first born, left-handed Towers

dingducky 1st September 2000 15:30

i just watched the documentry me first.
they claimed that first borns were more likely to be pilots and last born to be skydivers.
hmmmmm well i have often had the desire to throw my younger sisters out of an aircraft, without parachutes :)

as for the left handed thing.
my parents and two younger sisters are right handed
me and my older sister are left handed
left handed people are smarter you know! :)

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don't take life too seriously, nobody gets out alive.

Hybrid 1st September 2000 23:13

Me - only child, military pilot
My Dad - only child, military pilot
My Grandad - middle of 6 sons, balloonist!

fifthcolumns 2nd September 2000 02:49

What about left footed first borns?
As part of a group of 8 sent for speccial training, presumably the best people were sent. 4 were left handed and I was left footed, odd that.

redsnail 2nd September 2000 10:42

Righthanded. Rest of details are back somewhere. :)
Younger bro (not a pilot) is left handed. Mum left handed, so was her mum..

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reddo
A Feral Animal.

traveler 3rd September 2000 04:44

Hi, youngest of the 2. No aviation history in family. But father went to sea at 17, got to steer the big boats. (he was 1st of 4) Older sister thought about flying, decided not to, married a pilot ! (true). windsurfing, diving, most ball-sports, right-handed, Virgo, no kids. (I think).


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