Your never too old. I will be 62 and almost done with my training for PPL

@747-pilot

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Good luck on your checkride!

@MyDanaSweetheart

4 жыл бұрын

I turn 59 in September and am almost done with my PPL training.

@jethro102677

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome gents. 42 here and just getting started but almost felt like I'm too old :)

@discerningmind

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for offering that. It's meaningful to me.

@RealGoldRealWealth

4 жыл бұрын

jethro102677 only too old for airlines and perhaps the military!! Haha. Age is just a number. Welcome aboard.

Great to see you. I have a Cessna 150 the 49th. one built in 58. I bought it in 74 when I started flying. Still have it and it has treated me fine. N5549E.

@ahmadsamadzai8255

8 ай бұрын

That's so awesome. I just bought me a C150J (1969) for time building. Hoping I get it out of the shop in a few days (been there for 2 months).

I’m a retired airline pilot, and my next step is to own a Cessna like this. Great video!

Love his story!! That's what flying is all about! I have 8hrs logged so far between a 150 and 152 as a student pilot and absolutely love the way they fly! They're like the Toyota Corolla of the skies! Durable, cost effective, and pretty forgiving!

I started my instruction in 1989 Soloed and put in over 20 hours solo. Life got in the way and I stopped flying. I just started taking lessons again at 69 years of age. You’re never too old.

there really is nothing in the world like flying in a small plane, i was blessed enough to have family who took me an my father up when i was young every friday evening for a few hours so i got to fly quite a bit an will never forget those times, love to fly.

Your right about walking into a flying school and seeing how you're greeted. Walked out of several in my time and glad for it. The ones that take the time to meet/greet seem to give a hoot and you can see that right through the course of instruction.

@jamesburns2232

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of flying instructors are asshats! They have turned off a lot of people from ever wanting to fly again.

Mike I love this type of content. There are so many channels with so much gimmicky/over the top content these days. Thanx for putting out the quality stuff buddy. It’s appreciated.

I took some lessons in ultralight and then decided to take certified flight lessons. I flew probably 15 hours in a 150 and just fell in love with that airplane. Had to quit because of an early age heart attack. But would still love to fly in a 150 again.

@mauriceevans6546

4 жыл бұрын

Light sport is the best way to go to get back in the air. If your health is good and you don't have to have a medical. You could be flying very soon.

@scotabot7826

3 жыл бұрын

@@mauriceevans6546 Yes, Light Sport is the Best thing the FAA has ever done, and from what I've been reading, they will be getting ready to raise the gross weight limit pretty soon. It will be nice to be able to fly a 140/150/152 and many other planes under a sport licence, instead of a private or recreational ticket.

@mauriceevans6546

3 жыл бұрын

@@scotabot7826 I recently found out about the private pilot glider rating. Allows you to get a glider rating with no medical at 16 and if you get a self launching endorsement you are allowed to fly any motorized glider like the pipistrel sinus any where in the world and up to 17999 ft. I just finished sport certificate in june( did my checkride in the pipistrel alpha trainer)and will be heading to Florida next month to get the glider rating in the sinus. The glider rating is 10 hours plus oral and checkride. I will no longer be limited to light sport rules and can fly under either depending on the aircraft. I am looking forward to traveling internationally like to Canada and cancun new mexico from key west florida or the bahamas then to some other islands in the Caribbean.

I earned my rotorcraft-gyroplane license at age 66, and now I'm working on my fixed-wing license at 68.

That was the coolest most honest advice that brings the bar down for everyone scared of the prospect. Thanks Robert, god bless you!

@jasamo10

8 ай бұрын

Yes sir! I like 150 also,it seems that u and I have had same experience in getting ppl and getting 150-c at age of 76.

Thanks Robert and Mike. I’m gonna go take a flying lesson!

Thanks so much for the great video. I’ll be 69 in 2 weeks, so it may be too late, but I need to get my “curiosity solved and settled,” as you put it so well. I’ve loved planes since before Sky King and Penny and I’m really enjoying “flying” the 152 on MS Flight Simulator….but is about time to take the next step!

They need to start making the 150 again.

@petercyr3508

4 жыл бұрын

As a taildragger!

@denny5564

4 жыл бұрын

With a little more room and payload. Then it would be perfect.

@davidjolliffe9622

2 жыл бұрын

@@denny5564 That would be a 172 you’ve just described. The 150/152 is perfect just the way it is as an economy 2 seater that’s affordable and popular. Why change the formula that worked for 6 decades?

Excellent and very inspiring, thanks for sharing Mike, I'm 55 and about to take my first lesson #thisis50 🙌😀

Thank you Robert, for taking the time to share your perspective of being a private pilot, and owning a fairly affordable small aircraft.

Oh god excellent narrative, that is the spirit in Fly.. Fantastic.. great job Mike.

Another amazing video. Very informative very entertaining. This gentleman was a joy to listen to.

I forgot to say, I turned 65 last week. I have 105 hours of flying. I soloed on August 9, 2009. I passed the written with a 75% on January 15, 2015. I am back on studying to take my written exam again, because when my flying training requirements were over on January 31, 2017 the written test certification had expired on January 15, 2017. It has been a little harder now to get back not into flying, but studying. I still fly with endorsements. The last time I flew was early in January this year (3 hrs). Last year I had the chance to fly with my son and a flight instructor from KLGB (Long Beach, CA) to KAVX (Avalon) Santa Catalina island. Flying makes me feel alive.

Where do you find these guys Mike? This old guy is precious. Nice job on the editing too btw.

@scotabot7826

3 жыл бұрын

This guy is not "old" at all. Come on!!!!!

@BigScoobyFan

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, NITRO! Great to see you in Mike’s channel. He has one of the most educational and fun aviation channels in the entire KZread. I’m still waiting for you to take me up in the air! Regards to Ligia, Jenny & Brian.

@kennymcwilliams8972

2 жыл бұрын

@@BigScoobyFan Thanks! There is only one person that I can think of that might use the moniker "Big ScoobyFan" - please confirm who you are so that I can pass long your regards to my family :-)

@BigScoobyFan

2 жыл бұрын

@@kennymcwilliams8972 It is I indeed, NITRO! 😄👍 Scooby-Doo! 😇🙏⛪️

@kennymcwilliams8972

2 жыл бұрын

@@BigScoobyFan Fantastic ~ it's GREAT to hear from you. We hope that you are doing well! 😊. Yes, one day when all the COVID bugs are dead I will take you flying for sure!

Robert makes a pretty good as case for getting into aviation!

Ya know, with all the really cool kitplanes out there, by the time you get it in the air, the $ and time involved is substantial. At 62, I don't want to invest the time to build. Although it would be great fun! The Cessna 150 is a GREAT choice.

Thank you so much for your efforts and time to share this with us ☺️

I spent my entire student flight training in a Cessna 150! From landing in class D airports to grass strips , it was a very forgiving aircraft.

Great... that is the spirit, I love it.

"... being noisy..." Back during the 60's, NO ONE used headphones (you communicated with the speaker above the pilot's left ear). I started my training in a C-150E, transitioned to a C-150A and finished in a C-150G. I occasionally rent a C-150M now from the local FBO. The Barndoor was typically referenced to the flaps (especially those controlled with a Johnson Bar) --- 40* extended

Robert you have found the hidden formula. Shushhhhhh, don't let too many people know about all the fun you are having flying just where and when you want to. Great story thanks for sharing.

The Cessna 150 is a very good spinning aircraft for training.

Fying is Therapeutic

@discerningmind

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that!

@joshjosh6526

3 жыл бұрын

It sure is! Better than anything else I’ve found.

What a What a nice man. I am a pilot and, listening to him, I have remembered why it is so special to fly. I really liked this video. Congratulations.

I am getting my first lesson this week I can't wait!! Awesome content!!

I just bought me a C150J so I can leave everything AND everyone behind.😂 I agree with everything said in this video. I spent 7 years, blood, sweat,tears, and 15k(thanks FAA)to get my 3rd class medical. Since then I have flown almost 200 hrs. Flying is such an amazing privilege to have. Blue skies my friends.

Sir, you are a true airman! Thank you for the inspiration.

Hello Just want to say excellent video about going to school you’re never to old to learn and leave your dreams so kool !!!

It's such beautiful experience

The cessna 150 is a great airplane

Nice of him sharing his experiences and a mature, cool perspective that I think is very positive and forward. Keep up the good job! Congratulations to all Aviation family out there. Greetings from Brazil, nowadays.

I love 150's!!

@flexairz

4 жыл бұрын

Hopelessly under powered.. any LSA does way better

@michaelb.8953

4 жыл бұрын

@@flexairz True, but can you pick up that LSA for $25,000 as you will spend $100,000 give or take for that LSA. I think I'll buy that 150 and invest the $75,000 I saved and fly my 150 for free, but that's not for everyone.

Excellent narrative

Beautiful plane! Looking to purchase a 150 right now to build time to get to the airlines!

i found your video because i am looking at a 150L right now and i want to fly one day / i took a short online test and aced it so my confidence level is there and i love being in the air / i was about 5 when my dad got a friend to take me up in his plane and then i new that was for me but never persuade it / if you ever make it to Dahlonega i would love to go up with you sometime / i live across the street from the airport and i sit on my back porch and dream about going up / a plane is taking off right now as i write this LOL

Really enjoyed this. I have owned 2 airplanes (Cessna & Piper), was away for a time and now looking at a Cessna 150. Can't stay away from flying!

Thank you for the sincere and informative video. I'm inspired.

This guy is awesome 😀

Thanks for the encouragement. I am a little older than that now and thinking of doing the same. I really like aviation.

Great video, I need to start soon, there's a local airfield here. Thanx for the videos, Mike.

Great video I fly giant scale RC planes and I just finished building a cessna 150 . I converted it to a bush plane, and it is an amazing plane to fly. I can imagine the full-size cessna flying like a dream .

Where do you find these people? I've been distracted for a year it feels like and I've been catching up on your talks with all these flyers. They're awesome! All of them. And on Robert. I get it mate. The little thrill of knowing you own a plane and can go up in the air when you want. There is a healthy, wholesome kind of pride you can quietly have I reckon. It is a milestone in a life well lived and an ongoing way you can surprise and delight people, including yourself!

great video man, made me think a lot, thank you.

I got my license in 2001. I agree that a discovery flight is a great way to decide if you want to fly. My first flight was out of FXE in south Fl. In a c150. It was a very windy day and we were bounced around quite a bit. I was hooked 6 months later I had my PPL. it was a paper card then but after 9/11 they issued plastic licenses. I haven’t flown in over a year now but your video has given me the urge to get current. Thank you great video by the way.

Thanks for video! You are wind into back. I'm student pilot.

Thank you for posting this. I am 43 and really want to start the process in getting my license. It's great to hear I am not wasting my time with my age.

I just saw a late year Cessna 150. Very nice plane.

Nice video and big passion. Would be glad to see a episode with a long time Glasair III owner. One of the oldest for example is Ken Johnson (lot of other more). In 1993 he built N640KJ. Really awesome machine.

Great video!!! I can't wait to get my PPL!!!

That’s my favorite type of flying, just puttin around.

aviation is a addiction. I am learning on a 150 a fun plane.

Awesome.

Nice job!!!

What are the other 2 150 models this fine gentleman owns?

Thanks for the video I love aviation. I am now considering taking flying lesson next year .sport pilot license.

Well said! Love this video

Great video, and great first hand information

Love my C150L... Upgraded it to IFR certified and added vortex generators to it. It's a blast to take out on my days off. Got my PPL at 61 at a part 142 program. Tried part 61, but I couldn't get a CFI I liked who was available.

Agree with you. Also, even if you don't want an instrument rating, everyone should brush up or take lessons on instrument flying. It could save your life someday. I know from experience. Weather caved in on my friend and I quickly and I was pretty sharp on instruments and the VOR guided us back to our uncontrolled field. Could've been another statistic easily that day. Thanks for the video.

Yeah

Great video!

I love this guy 👍

Well done, Sir!!

Wish they'd make affordable, safe planes like this available to the LSA category. Alas they made it so this was purposefully left out.

@flexairz

4 жыл бұрын

You can always buy a C-150 and fly it as an experimental..

@mauriceevans6546

4 жыл бұрын

Light sport rules will be changing in the next year or two. Manufacturers are expecting that the rules will be changed to allow for 1. Constant speed prop 2. 150 kt speed 3. Increased weight limit 4. Four place aircraft.

My girlfriend mentioned the other day she likes this 150 for the extra 6 inch as well.

Just a great video !

I'm about to turn 50 this year. Considering flight lessons next year. I'm finally at the point in my life where I have money and time to do it... Hell if I like it I might just buy myself a little airplane like this one.

Well said sir!

Thanks

Awesome!!

I love the 150. Thats my dream plane because its the one im likely able to afford.

Very well spoken. And very motivating. I had to quit my flight training thirty-eight years ago. I always thought I'd get back to it but the years have flown by. Hearing this man has caused me to rethink going back into training at sixty-four years old.

Note live your dream very inspiring

I hope when the LSA rules get revisited the 150 qualifies into the category

cool~

i like this guy

Good and bad the trim. Really doesn't matter on the session of 150 lik I even landed on the road up in Bear Mountain because of lack of fuel coming from Maine. But yes, the lack of the significance of the trim makes it easier to fly but a bad trainer for future planese it does under 170 TSO like I said I've had one. I've loved it, I miss it and i'd get another one I missed the lack of real range I was always running low on fuel.

At what point do you need to get your student pilot medical certificate. do you have to get it before lesson 1 or can you get it after lesson 3, 4, or 5

You never hear of anyone being killed in a 150.

@discerningmind

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't it usually twins and high performance singles?

Right, the Discovery Flight in the 80’s

Great video , how much does it cost to maintain this little Cessna a year please. ? I have the money to buy one but I do not know if I can afford the maintenance, thank you !

@discerningmind

4 жыл бұрын

Check the AOPA web site as they publish data for estimated annual costs, and other estimates for people considering an aircraft purchase. www.aopa.org/

It would have been nice to see the cockpit...

I would like to get in contact with Robert. He named a friend who happens to be an airplanes broker. He might have a nice, well maintained 150/152/172 for sale I would be interested in.

I wish I fit in a 150. 6’03”

@discerningmind

4 жыл бұрын

Have you tried fitting in a 152 or 152-II? I think the 1980's was the advent of seats that lower as they're moved backward. That won't help in width though. If it helps, an old air cooled VW Beetle has about the same seat width as a 152. Of course it's probably easier finding a 152 for a test fitment than an old Beetle.

Would you recommend me to buy an airplane to finish my flight training?

@mojogrip

3 жыл бұрын

If you can afford it YES! You'll still have your plane to build time after you get your license

I are a good man i gointo take my ppl u give me.mocionals to aviacion

Cessna should bring 150 back🥸

Let the plane fly itself

Didn’t show inside the plane ✈️

Wait till you have to fill up your fuel tanks with AVGAS again. FJB!

Not enough range

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I’m 55 looking at starting to get my ppl next year after I am debt free.