Is 55 to old to learn to fly

[stevelup]

Y'all realise this guy is a spammer?

[Keef]

Oh yes. We also know where he is, who he is, etc. The thread is left here since it may be of interest to a genuine PPL candidate.
The account has been deactivated.

[Pete S]

As a matter of interest how did you find out he was a spammer, who he was etc.

Why did you need to look? It was a perfectly valid OP>

[A le Ron]

Errm - I think it was the link in the OP (now removed) which went straight through to a dubious site

[stevelup]

That's right, yes. My post now doesn't make any sense because the link has been removed!

[Keef]

The link had been removed a couple of times before. The last time he put it back, we disabled the account.

Pete: we look at every new sub. For example, if there's a footer advertising viagra or such, the account doesn't survive long.
I was suspicious of this one at the outset, hence my post about his home airfield.

[Rob P]

.. if there's a footer advertising viagra or such ..

Were his prices any good

[Pete S]

.. if there's a footer advertising viagra or such ..

Were his prices any good

Never mind his prices: a footer's good enough for me

[alland]

I began flight training at age 62 a little over 12 months ago, I passed my PPL checkride a few weeks ago on the 15th October.

Yes it was difficult at times, there just seemed to much for my old brain to take in, but as I logged up the hours, it all started to fall into place.
And now I can't wait to enjoy learning to be a good pilot.

[Flintstone]

[A le Ron]

Now then, about that viagra...

[Keef]

This is sounding less and less like a "Student Pilots" thread!

[Paul_Sengupta]

It does bring up a slightly interesting question though. There was a poster on UKGA who was in his 60s I believe. He openly said on the forum that learning to fly was but one of the things he had accomplished since he had stopped being "a slave to my libido". Not I'm not sure exactly what he meant, whether he meant he'd spent his whole life up until then chasing women, or whether it involved maintaining a marriage with all it entails, but one of the things I've always said is that people either learn to fly when youngish, then give up when marriage and kids come along, possibly taking it up again later, or that they learnt to fly once the kids have left home.

So. Is there anything to discuss here about being the right or wrong age to become a pilot, and the relationship with chasing or maintaining relationships with the opposite sex?

[madmaveric]

So. Is there anything to discuss here about being the right or wrong age to become a pilot, and the relationship with chasing or maintaining relationships with the opposite sex?

Could it be that women are more expensive to maintain than a plane
<ducking ready for the items about to come flying at my head from all the lovely ladies of the forum>

I would say that if you enjoy something and can afford it then it is never too late.
The only things that change as you get older is the learning time, remember old saying 'what you used to do all night now takes all night to do'. Also you are more likely to have the money needed without the kids etc to pay for.

[Flintstone]

So. Is there anything to discuss here about being the right or wrong age to become a pilot, and the relationship with chasing or maintaining relationships with the opposite sex?

Isn't it all about dressing up in a uniform worthy of a tinpot dictator to attract the wimmin?

No? Damn.