How old were you when you got started?

Just had my first lesson a few weeks back at 34 years. Welcome to the journey!
 
Discovery flight at 25, then nothing until this August (at 42). I intend to get my ppl before summer


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Spent some time in a simulator when I was 26. Took a discovery flight when I was 27. Picked the worst day for my first ever flight in a Cessna 150. Bumpy, hot and scary as heck. Stayed away from planes for a year. :no:

Visited a friend, a year and a half later, in Michigan City, IN. Went for another discovery flight. This time with a career CFI in a Cessna 172. Enjoyed it and was completely hooked.

Started training and finished it when I was 29. Working towards the instrument rating.. but not going well. Oh well, just like the PPL - maybe some day.
 
I was born into flying...literally. Dad was WWII pilot and subsequently an ag pilot. He taught mom to fly while she was pregnant with me....took her checkride two month before I was born! Went on to get Comm/CFI. Started actual lessons in 1978 at 15. Been going since.


Jim R
Collierville, TN

N7155H--1946 Piper J-3 Cub
N3368K--1946 Globe GC-1B Swift
N4WJ--1994 Van's RV-4
 
License at 20, CFI at 22. First student was 65. He did great and loved flying.
 
15. Got to play in the right seat of a b200 when I was really young, and I was hooked.
 
I was 36 when I got my license and then 6 years later I was very nearly killed by a drunk driver. The injuries sidelined my flying for 4 years. I finally got my medical certification back when I was 46 and I started flying again. I was 51 when I got my instrument rating.

Best wishes for your quest to become a pilot.
 
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