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Old October 25th 04, 12:38 PM
Roger Long
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So I'm only 8.3% through my maximum potential aviation career.

I feel much better now.

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Roger Long



"CV" wrote in message
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Roger Long wrote:

The last pilot to have been trained by, and had his license signed by,
Orville Wright died while I was doing my primary training in 1997 or
1998. He was still flying.

Of course, since I'm an ancient 54, I may not have the dates or details
exactly right.


http://airsports.fai.org/sep2000/sep2000let.html

The above link claims one such pilot alive and still flying
at age 100 (!) in sep 2000
CV