Question from new pilot

[Tequila Sunrise]

my old cadet squadron, 48 cadets of which 4 maybey 5 were girls  :P

[Poseidon]

think a poll would show most of us r males.

Do you have any doubts? It's like my other hobby, free diving, during the last six years I am into that I have never met a female diver... not even a mermaid  :)

[BFMF]

[quote]I was just beginning to wonder if there was such a thing as a female in a cockpit.

[Poseidon]

including one younger girl who I would guess in her early to mid teens

Mid teens? Is it possible for someone to start lessons that young? In Greece you cannot even start car driving lessons unless you are 18.

[Politically Incorrect]

Mid teens? Is it possible for someone to start lessons that young? In Greece you cannot even start car driving lessons unless you are 18.

Actually if I'm not mistaken in the US you can start flight training at the age of 10 years old. I don't think you can solo until 15-16? I'll have too look that up.

BTW, Welcome to the club Sue!

[Hagar]

Mid teens? Is it possible for someone to start lessons that young? In Greece you cannot even start car driving lessons unless you are 18.

In most countries you can take flying lessons from an early age. You just can't have a licence or go solo. (You can also learn to drive a car on private property.) Popular display pilot Martyn Carrington has been flying since he was 9 years old & qualified for his PPL on his 17th birthday.

The daring aerobatics Utterly Butterly team, based in Rendcomb, will also be returning to Kemble this year.

Utterly Butterly wingwalker Helen Tempest, from Chalford, said: "This is the job of my dreams.

"One of my favourite stunts involves one bi-plane turning upside down with me harnessed to it while another bi-plane flies underneath creating a mirror image."

Pilot Martyn Carrington, from Perrots Brook, added: "I've been flying since I was nine and I joined the Utterly Butterly team five years ago. It's fantastic and very exhilarating."

http://www.aerosuperbatics.com/

This is Martyn showing off in his Piper Cub at a Shoreham RAFA display some years ago.

[eno]

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Do you have any doubts? It's like my other hobby, free diving, during the last six years I am into that I have never met a female diver... not even a mermaid