Bob Noel wrote:
In article 3fUig.26692$1i1.20490@attbi_s72,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Our options are simple.

1. He can take flight training this summer, and solo before school starts in
the fall. Unfortunately, he is then stuck for an entire year before he can
take the check-ride.

2. He can hold off until next summer, 2007.

Prior to age 37, I could only walk around on the ground looking up enviously
at aircraft flying overhead -- so I have no frame of reference on this
issue. For those of you who were lucky enough to train as teenagers, did it
work for you? Should my son wait a year, so he can go at it full-steam and
get the ticket?


I started ground school while I was 16 and in high school (our tiny
high school had the insight to host a ground school through the local
airport manager and have it count as credit, what a great idea), and
got my private about six months after I turned 17, so I wasn't quite as
far ahead of the curve as your son. But I'd say go for it, that way in
case any sort of hinderances arise (airplane availability became an
issue during my training, and I had to go to a neighboring town for a
while to rent) during the course, he'll have plenty of time to dodge
them.