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

[Stormtropper]

Average height of a 11 year old is about 4'9"...I'm thinking you need atleast six more inches to see over the dash.

Even at age 17, I still pity the unfortunate soul who makes the mistake of handing me controls...God knows, the first thing I always do is kick the yoke and rudder push the accelerometer to as far as the airplane can take it...

[Hagar]

Average height of a 11 year old is about 4'9"...I'm thinking you need atleast six more inches to see over the dash.

That would be about the same as the legendary Cecil Pashley, pioneer aviator, crazy pilot, flying instructor in two world wars and the best darned pilot I ever knew.

[Stormtropper]

That would be about the same as the legendary Cecil Pashley, pioneer aviator, crazy pilot, flying instructor in two world wars and the best darned pilot I ever knew.

So did he have a booster seat?

[alrot]

Hey I also did it when I was 12 my sister has a boyfriend with more money that Bill Gates... :-/well not that much..he use to take her in many rides around the city ,and I was there in each one of them, that was my Mom's others she was 17 , In one occacion I took the yoke for 10 minutes ,in a time where I sat in the front ,while he was kissing her,...IAARRRGGG , he was of couse in the pilot seat and she was in the back seat of a Cessna like the one this kid is showing,..Really I did

[Hagar]

That would be about the same as the legendary Cecil Pashley, pioneer aviator, crazy pilot, flying instructor in two world wars and the best darned pilot I ever knew.

So did he have a booster seat?

Ever heard of cushions?

[DizZa]

My Dad let me also take controls of a 172 when I was 11. Now he lets me do the pattern and some of the approach. Hopefully in a few years I will get my liscence,,, then a few years after that my ATPL.

[ATI_7500]

My only experience with a GA aircraft were 30 minutes in a glider.

[an-225]

Buahaha. I flew my first plane back in 2006 while I was still 11. I did it before you.

[DizZa]

Youngest person so break sound barrier was 11!

http://www.incredible-adventures.com/katrina.html

[Hagar]

Youngest person so break sound barrier was 11!

http://www.incredible-adventures.com/katrina.html

I broke the 'sound barrier' in August 1959 when I was 16. The aircraft was a Hawker Hunter T.7 based at RAF Chivenor in North Devon. It's quite possible that I was the youngest person to have done so at that time.

[an-225]

Eh, that article makes me feel like absolute crap. My dreams have been skewered.

[61_OTU]

I broke the 'sound barrier' in August 1959 when I was 16. The aircraft was a Hawker Hunter T.7 based at RAF Chivenor in North Devon. It's quite possible that I was the youngest person to have done so at that time.

How did that come about then Doug  :-? , sounds like a really lucky break  8-)

[NDSP]

Average height of a 11 year old is about 4'9".

Funny.... everyone i know my age, and I, are all over 5'1 :-?

[beaky]

I broke the 'sound barrier' in August 1959 when I was 16. The aircraft was a Hawker Hunter T.7 based at RAF Chivenor in North Devon. It's quite possible that I was the youngest person to have done so at that time.

How did that come about then Doug  :-? , sounds like a really lucky break  8-)

See? I told Doug that eventually someone besides me would ask that...  ;D

I'm thinking "stowaway".  ;D

[beaky]

Average height of a 11 year old is about 4'9"...I'm thinking you need atleast six more inches to see over the dash.

Even at age 17, I still pity the unfortunate soul who makes the mistake of handing me controls...God knows, the first thing I always do is kick the yoke and rudder push the accelerometer to as far as the airplane can take it...

The seats in the later Skyhawks are fully adjustable... At 5' 9" I can crank the seat up until my head's almost hitting the headliner, so I think someone just under 5' would do OK if the seat was in good working order.
Hint: on some of the more worn-out ones, you have to get out and crank it; it'll never budge with your weight on it. Ah, rentals...  ::)

But there's also the matter of reaching the rudder pedals...