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Old 06-05-2019, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by DFW Refugee View Post
So...

Who's side are you on? If only yours, why might you be against 65+ ?
I don’t feel the average guy can be assured of having the cognitive ability to fly past 65. They will be able to pass a check ride but difficult situation could be a issue. It’s kind of like train to proficiency. You can train anyone to eventually pass a checkride. As the military has proven many times if you train someone to proficiency who falls outside the normal training footprint they are going to be a problem until they kill themselves or someone else.
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Old 06-05-2019, 10:30 AM
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....and Korea, Nanjing, Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, the Marianas, Thailand (once Burma), Vietnam (once French Indochina), Australia, parts of India, and parts of the Aleutians.

I'd say a few folks care very much what the Japanese are doing. Refitting two helicopter cruisers to now carry the F-35 around the Eastern Pacific has raised a few eyebrows.
Seriously? Lol
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Old 06-05-2019, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by sailingfun View Post
I don’t feel the average guy can be assured of having the cognitive ability to fly past 65. They will be able to pass a check ride but difficult situation could be a issue. It’s kind of like train to proficiency. You can train anyone to eventually pass a checkride. As the military has proven many times if you train someone to proficiency who falls outside the normal training footprint they are going to be a problem until they kill themselves or someone else.
Ya. Bob Hoover really was a hazard after his mid 60s.
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Old 06-05-2019, 11:07 AM
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Ya. Bob Hoover really was a hazard after his mid 60s.
LOL how many Bob Hoover's are actually among us?

Bad idea, hope it never happens.
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Old 06-05-2019, 11:33 AM
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I flew wth new FO...turning over pv i mentioned Bob Hoover had just passed.....

'who is Bob Hoover?'.

Uggh.
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Old 06-05-2019, 01:30 PM
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Ya. Bob Hoover really was a hazard after his mid 60s.
Do you think Bob Hoover was a average guy?
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Old 06-05-2019, 01:34 PM
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If you ever met him i think yes....you wud have come away impressed with his average guy-ness.
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If you ever met him i think yes....you wud have come away impressed with his average guy-ness.
I watched his show on 3 different occasions. I am sure he was average. Most guys can shutdown both engines on a aero commander and do a loop into the deadstick landing. Nothing more average or easier!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bQWXMLtR-LA
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Well...you asked if he was an average guy. Not if he was an average aviator.
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Hoover was friendly to everyone; approachable, almost humble.
Some of the other famous aviators.....weren’t.
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