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Originally Posted by Dirtrack49
Gary, don't stop flying!
I have been doing it for over 50 years and I am now 70. Hope I can go at least another 10 years.
I once met a fellow at Santa Monica airport circa 1970's, that flew in "on" a 1917 Curtis Pusher. He was 93 years old at the time!
Below some more pics. One looks like it is running a Corvair engine. The Brit plane is running what appears to be a Continental.
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Ernie Smith, Red Oak, Iowa, at 100 still had his license and and was flying. He is now in Assisted Living and has gave up flying. That was a couple of years ago. He was the oldest licensed pilot in US.
About 60 years ago, he took me up in my "47 J3 Cub and did a loop, scared the heck out of me.