I retired at 60 and I was beat. I'm not sure I could have made 65 let alone 70. I think I had heart failure at 70 and before that a stroke. 4 years ago my heart stopped and I hit 4 cars and a truck. Who says old people don't have fun. Dr says I must be a miracle man to have survived. I figure that day God didn't want me and the devil was out of room. I'm 80 now but have an electronic heart and a slew of titanium and stainless steel to rebuild the busted parts. Doubt if I could even get past the magnetometers to fly the airplane. I'm in a wheel chair to boot.
I miss flying and told the wife so. She said are you crazy nobody is going to want to fly with some one that has a bad heart and your age. I said come to think of it I wouldn't get on an airplane with a pilot like that either. Flying to 70 is pretty optimistic.
Last edited by pooch817; 04-05-2019 at 09:21 PM.