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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

How'd you manage that??

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!!!

I am highly skeptical of all this.

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

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

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

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

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?

So you didn't solo, then.

hell no

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?

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...

lol , ill keep dat in mind!

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?