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Re: How old are you?

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Too friggin' old at 73
Too many retirements: Air Force ATC, Flying Club management, Transport ATC, Nav Canada ATC, Flyning Instructor,
Over 4000 hours in 87 different types from dual in the Goodyear blimp to the CF-104D, and enjoyed every minute of it.

But never as ugly as . :prayer:
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I think I take the cake as the youngest here at 17

Started flying at 14, now I've got a PPL and 270TT, mostly in 182s

Job experience? I work ramp on weekends...
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Age: 64, 20,456 hrs. 17,690 multi engine command. Typed on DC-3, DC-4, DC-8, DC10, B-7372, B-7373, B-707-320C, B-747/1/2/3/SP, B-744/744F, CV-440, A-310, LR-60, LR-35, HS-125/800/XP. Currently driving HS-125/800. ATLP licenses held, Canada, FAA, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, Korea, Iceland, Hong Kong. I would not want the young guys to end up like me. Try to find something else that can satisfy for when the day comes that you can no longer strap an airplane on your ass. I think that, at the end, it's not for the money but for the mission. Enjoy the ride. I do.
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14 months, 18 days on the ramp doing anything and everything. Then F/O on Twin Otters and King Airs, onto the C-185 (Who knew you could have so much fun smashing bugs!!), then ATR-42 F/O.

Now 26, ATR-42 Captain and 4000TT.
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23 /1600hrs /Hawker 850xp/ started flying at 15
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59 years young

3 years, 3 weeks and 3 days all VFR in BC?


Married 35 years
1 son, 1 daughter and 4 grandchildren 17 to 1
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27
M1 and PPL, working on CPL (165 hours)

Been wrenching 10 years on small turboprops and assorted GA a/c.
I still love the north and cann't wait to finish up with flight school and head north again.
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How about this for a thread.....

"How old are you and how much do you OWE? :(
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Owe as in spousal, or child support?
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23
Be10 Captain
1400 hrs TT
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Just hit 30, what a milestone...35,000 hrs, only crashed 12 times. Life has been good, one of the lucky few!!!
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50

14,300 tt

DH8 AT43 BA41 B732 Sw4/Sw5
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25
Beech 1900 F/O
1600 hours
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39 (Today!)

.5 PA28-161
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23
Dash 8 Capt
graduated 2004..
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Age:- 44

Experience:- 24 years doing this for a living and 14,000+ hours

Current position:- Captain A330/A340
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39
7000 hours
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46 yrs old

started working on a/c with my AME Father at 12
Been full time in the Aviation Industry for 29 yrs
Learned to fly in 1985.
All my experience is practical.... only the college/university of life
Currently in my 12th yr as an Aerospace Projects Coordinator for a major Jet Engine Manufacturer.
Currently flying a variety of vintage a/c for a private collector ( not
a museum).
Also own my own vintage bi-plane.....what else....a Fleet16b
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20

1300 hrs, 3 PPC's, still learning every day
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raven54 wrote:Just hit 30, what a milestone...35,000 hrs
:shock: must be a typo here...
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sstaurus wrote:
raven54 wrote:Just hit 30, what a milestone...35,000 hrs
:shock: must be a typo here...
Just hit 30, what a milestone...35,000 hrs, only crashed 12 times. Life has been good, one of the lucky few!!!

I'm guessing a little tongue and cheek maybe?
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BTD wrote:
sstaurus wrote:
raven54 wrote:Just hit 30, what a milestone...35,000 hrs
:shock: must be a typo here...
Just hit 30, what a milestone...35,000 hrs, only crashed 12 times. Life has been good, one of the lucky few!!!

I'm guessing a little tongue and cheek maybe?
Yeah, just being a retard. People tell me I'm good at that, so why change?
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The better question is... how many of you could land a plane in the hudson with everybody alive and exactly 1 person with hypothermia? :lol:
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The better question is... how many of you could land a plane in the hudson with everybody alive and exactly 1 person with hypothermia?
One would hope that if you have an ATPL 100% would be able to do it.
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the key word being "hope"

But getting an ATPL is a matter of writing two exams, not stick and rudder ...
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