What age did you...

[GRG55]

Yeah but you bought two engines and I only managed enough for one

I barely managed enough for two.

I'm still barely managing enough for two, it's just that the two keep on getting bigger so that I maintain that same level of "barely enough".

Years ago in one of his Flying columns Gordon Baxter wrote "Flying costs exactly the same as it did 50 years ago...all you got."


Solo 18
PPL 18
First airplane purchase 42
MEL & twin purchase 56

 

[NorthEast Ohio]

PPL 17
CPL 18
Glider add on rating 50
Glider purchase 51

 

[saddletramp]

PPC (it is a certificate after all) 17
CPC 18
Instrument 18
CFI 18
CFII 20
CFIG 23
First plane 17

 

[Ted]

It saves a lot of money to when you fly someone else's airplane.

Especially if you’re flying what @kayoh190 is flying! 737 hours ain’t cheap...

 

[Kritchlow]

Too long ago... my best guess:

Solo - 20
PPL - 21
IR - 22
CPL - 22
CFI - 24
MEL - 24
MEI - 27
ATP - 30
First of several types - 35
Most recent type - 50

 

[Darwin60]

Solo - 17
PPL - 24
MEL - 25
Plane - 57

 

[dtuuri]

Solo - 16
PPL - 17
IR - 24
Comm - 18
MEL - 25
SES - 25 (in progress)
CFI - 26 (hopefully, still TBD)
Purchased plane - 23

Solo - 16 (in 1963, with a PA-12-100 Super Cruiser)
PPL - 19
IR - 25
Comm - 19
MEL - 24 (Apache-160)
SES -N/A
CFI - 19
Purchased plane - 23 (Cessna 140)

 

[kep5niner]

Solo - 25
PPL - NA
IR - Helicopter - 25
Comm - Helicopter - 25
CSEL - 40
CMEL - 40
IR - Airplane - 40

Purchased plane - 39

 

[Kenny Phillips]

Flew as a student with a girl who I thought had her ticket but did not: 18
SMHC: 17

 

[EdFred]

Not sure the Solo Mile High Club is anything to brag about.

I sure hope that wasn't a rental. I don't want think about the need to bust out the black light as part of my preflight if I rent again.

 

[biplanebob]

solo 16
private 17
A&P 20
Aircraft owner (first flight homebuilt) 22
Commercial & Instrument 24

 

[Plano Pilot]

Solo - 16 and I have proof, it made the local paper.

PPL - 17
IR - 18
Comm - 18
MEL - 18 Twin Navion
CFI - 19
CFII - 21
ATP - 23 Plus CE500 Type, MEI instructor, 135 PIC CE500 check.
I have added Falcon 20, Sabreliner and King Air 300/350 types.
Purchased plane - not yet

 

[Ghery]

Solo - 48
PP - 49
IR - 59

I don't own a plane, I belong to a club.

 

[MacFlier]

Solo 46
PPL 47
IR 48 (working on it)

 

[AGLyme]

Solo: 16
PPL: 17
Dropped out of Flying: 21
Re-entered: 58
IFR: Announced to my wife that I need a new plane with IFR capability. I reckon that will happen, according to her, When Hell Freezes Over.

 

[Brad Z]

Solo - 20
Private - 20
Instrument - 25
Ground instructor - 27
SE Commercial - 29
Multi Engine Commercial - 30
First flying gig- 30
Instrument Airplane Instructor - 31
First Instructing Gig - 31
Bought Plane - 36
Multi-Engine Airplane Instructor -39
Remote pilot - 39
Single-Engine Airplane Instructor - 40
Multi Engine ATP - 42

Im 46 and thinking it's time to train on something new. Maybe I can hit @Ted DuPuis up for some balloon flight training, lol.

 

[jbDC9]

Solo - 16 Bday
Pvt - 17 Bday
Inst - 17
Comm - 18
CFI - 18
CFII - 19
ME - 19
ATP - 23 Bday
BE1900 type - 26
FE turbojet - 27
B737 type - 30
Built/flew RV-8 - 37
L-18, B-17, T-28 types - 45/49-ish

CFI at 19?
Two thoughts about that.
1) I flew so much that year being in a car felt very strange.

2) Zero chance I’d let one of my kids get instruction from a 19 year old.

Many at 19 think (based on hard work and certificates in their wallets) that they are very qualified, myself included...in MY opinion, most don’t develop their adult brain until 25ish.

Agreed! With what I know now and looking back, I can see that when I was 18 I didn't even know what I didn't know. But, somehow I passed a CFI checkride and flew with my first students one month out of high school... scary!!

 

[Ted]

Im 46 and thinking it's time to train on something new. Maybe I can hit @Ted DuPuis up for some balloon flight training, lol.

You might want to wait until I'm a commercial rated balloon pilot first.

(for those who don't know, commercial balloon certificate comes with instruction privileges)

 

[Tarheelpilot]

Solo 16
Private 17
Instrument/commercial/cfi/cfii 20
Multi commercial 21
Flight engineer turbojet 22
ATP MEL 23
MEI 35
Commercial helicopter 36
First purchase (helicopter) 37
2nd furlough from fourth airline job (coming to theatre near you on October 1st) 41

 

[timwinters]

That's just toooo cool!!!

Solo - 16 and I have proof, it made the local paper.
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PPL - 17
IR - 18
Comm - 18
MEL - 18 Twin Navion
CFI - 19
CFII - 21
ATP - 23 Plus CE500 Type, MEI instructor, 135 PIC CE500 check.
I have added Falcon 20, Sabreliner and King Air 300/350 types.
Purchased plane - not yet

 

[flyingron]

Solo - 21
PPL - 22
IR - 45
Comm - nope
MEL - nope
SES - nope
CFI - nope
Purchased plane - 35

 

[Stan Cooper]

Solo - 21
PP ASEL - 22
Purchased plane (C150) - 37

 

[Michael A]

Solo-16
PPL-17
IR-18
CPL-19
CFI-19 (checkrides in a month but I’m hopeful)

First plane by 25 is the goal but who knows