My first plane i flew, and hey im not...

[Gamer64]

This is the [glow=yellow,2,300]first plane i flew, and hey im not even[/glow] 12 yet, wicked!!!



This is a cessna 182 skylane 2 at Air discovery base, whakatane, New Zealand

[future_ag_2010]

How'd you manage that??

[Gamer64]

easy!!! go to a nearby aero tour type of place and most usually have a learnt to fly thing or something for 99bucks and you get tought the main parts of flying and the plane you getta: "the plane is yours" from the instructor and away you go!!!

[flyboy 28]

I am highly skeptical of all this.

[Alonso]

In your profile, "you're 11" well, I'm a but skeptical about this too :-/

[Stormtropper]

With an instructor like that, your butthole will never work the same again

[Gamer64]

Think whatya like but i did fly it. was 99 bucks for a 30 min flight and the 30 mins checkup of the aircraft

[flyboy 28]

So you pay $99 and they would entrust an eleven-year-old with a $250,000 airplane?

[Gamer64]

what? its not like a instructor would just sit in the co-pilots seat and just let me shove the yoke forward and send the aircraft into a dive,would they?

[flyboy 28]

So you didn't solo, then.

[Gamer64]

hell no

[Gamer64]

By the way how do you get your own avatar whenever i click on the tick box and put in the http:// adrress click change profile nothing happens and i have the sam old avatar?

[beaky]

Most countries allow students to begin at around that age... and on an "intro" or "discovery" flight they do indeed let you "take it", within perceived limits. I was a lot older when I took my intro ride, but I knew about as much about flying as any 12-yr-old, and the instructor barely touched the controls. Prior to that I once had the stick of a J3 handed to me in flight when I didn't have a clue what I was doing... it's child's play, really... the basic handling of a light single, that is.

Congrats, Gamer... and when did 12-yr-olds start saying "wicked" again? My little friends and I were calling everything "wicked" almost- cough- 40 years ago...didn't know it was back "in".

You can have that, but stay away from "tuff" and "outrageous"... those belong in the dustbin of history...

[Gamer64]

lol , ill keep dat in mind!

[Hagar]

I don't understand the scepticism. I often see people of all ages having their first trial lesson at my local airport. It's a popular birthday present. Check this out. http://www.southernflyingcentre.co.uk/flying-vouchers.htm

(Q) Are there any age restrictions?