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Originally Posted by org1
I'd be interested in knowing his name. Could it be you were taken in by an urban legend? Anything's possible, I suppose, but that one sounds pretty unlikely.
He's not that far off. My grandpa joined the navy when he was 18, got out around 22-23 and was recruited by TWA. He only had his PPL when he left the navy, so TWA paid for his instrument and commercial. He then became a FE at age 60, and retired at 62 because he was afraid of losing his retirement.
But he was a pilot during the glory days, and loved it.
He stayed in the reserves after he left active duty, and his weekend a month, they basically gave him and his buddy each a plane, and they just did x-countries. There weren't any requirements on them....just log some flight time.
He loved it =)