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Larry, Thanks for your story. Mine is close to the same as yours except I was 5 years later (age 59). Also, my wife strongly urged me to get on with my dream and I used a King video course for ground school. Bob 1946 415E N3047H "Honey" at SVE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 3:32 AM Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Age, late starters, late finishers > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > I grew up desperately loving airplanes and everything about them. I > built models, but really wanted to fly. I kind of forget about it in > college, but about 10 years ago I actually started lessons. I > accumulated a bunch of hours, but never finished ground school and > never took my written and never soloed. I even bought a plane, but that > was a bad experience, and I finally dumped it at a large loss. Then my > kids began college, and for a while I was paying tuition for four kids > and my wife, who was finishing up her teaching certificate. Things were > quite tight, and I was sick of the whole thing, so I quit. > > Now I have just one kid in college, and he'll be done next year, and my > financial situation is better, so I bought an Ercoupe and have been > working to get my license. I am ready to solo, and weather permitting > will do so tomorrow. I took the written Wednesday, so that's out the > way. I took the Gleim on-line ground school, and for $99 it's a great > way to get that underlying information that the instructor builds on. > > I'm planning a cross country tomorrow, another next week, then my solo > work, and I want to take my test at the end of April or early May. I'm > going to take the practical test in a C150, just do I don't have the > 2-control restriction on my license. About 30 hours of my training was > in C150s. > > I'm 54 now, and I'm planning on many years of bopping around the > country in my 415C. > > Larry in Missouri > > ========================================================================== == == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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