aglee

G'day Tony, glad to have you, so a big, Welcome along... :thumb_up:I'm pretty stoked to hear you thought the article inspiring, I'm he who wrote it, so thanks a lot.

 

Hope you get into the air as soon as possible, go for it while you can!

 

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Hi Tony, Stan kleidon here from Chinchilla Q L D. I had the dream of flying since my Granmar gave me a little tin aeroplane when i was a little kid. Now 57 got my pilot licence early December 2009, I bought a farm when i was 23 had it to pay for, got married raised a family of 2 girls & 2 boys 3 kids married now, 2 grand sons, what a thrill it was to take them all for a fly in the jabiru, youngest granson 4, said i want to go again grandad, what a feeling. If you want to do it i Say go for it, i thought i couldn't aford it but it's not that expensive. Cheers Stan:welcome:

Well done and Welcome to the forum - Heaps of interesting information to be found here - Good LuckMike

Welcome aglee, good luck mate, and enjoy your training.Cheers

Welcome aglee - good to see your long term ambition starting to come to fruition! I started out flying when I was 60, and I met a guy today at Lilydale taking his first trial flight at 80, so it's never too late!

Welcome aglee,I know just how you feel having gone decades with the desire to fly before finally getting into it - and its GREAT:big_grin: You'll find the help and advice here is very good without the :kboom: you sometimes get on other sites.

 

Cheers,

 

Pud

Hi, read about this forum in a recnt edition of Recreational Aviation Australia magazine - Thomas Scott article. Very inspiring. I have wanted to fly since I can remember (I'm now 50). Time poor, family and money have always seemed to interfere with my desire to fly but have now made a conscious decision to attempt my recreational licence and build up experience wioth the possiboility of taking it further. I have taken trial flights and most recently in October 2008 - I managed a take off and landing and several circuits around the training area at Moorabbin, Victoria. It was simply great. I have also (many years past) spent an hour in an Ansett 727 simulator - very cool. Flew the thing under Sydney harbour bridge! Anyway this seemed a relatively more cost effective approach as I am a big believer in currency and flight time - regular flight hours to maintain skill and experience. So hopefully this will be my year for sprouting wings! Will be looking for some sage advice of quality flight schools in my area (Essendon, Victoria) and also the better types of recreational fixed wing aircraft to fly. Cheers Tony