[noiseman]

”I can’t understand it. I couldn’t wait to drive.”

I had my Private Pilot rating before I had my driver’s license. Soloed in sailplanes at 15 and had my license at 16. Got around to getting my driver’s license a couple of weeks after that, but ironically my parents had to drive me to my check ride. I was just so focused on flying that driving wasn’t such an immediate concern.

I find myself observing kids around that age today and thinking about whether I believe they would be capable of acting as pilot in command of an aircraft. With the exception of a number of conservative kids I know, the answer is universally “Not a chance.”

[LostInBayport]

I find myself observing kids around that age today and thinking about whether I believe they would be capable of acting as pilot in command of an aircraft. With the exception of a number of conservative kids I know, the answer is universally “Not a chance.”

We had a different youth. For some reason the other day as I was trudging through snow and ice my mind flashed back when I was a kid, probably not even a teenager yet, and my friends and I would ride off on snowmobiles for hours. Not only would our parents get arrested for that today, but I wonder if kids would even want to have that kind of adventure.

[RipSawyer]

I rode to school on buses driven by sixteen and seventeen year old student drivers, I would have been one had I not made a careless error on my driving test for the school bus license. Those drivers were super dependable, never missing a day for the most part, always on time. I can’t imagine what would happen if the same thing were tried today.

[DuncanWaring]

I got my driver’s license before I got my Private license, but not by much.

My first flight instructor flew Me-110’s during the war.