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Old 04-17-2011, 10:02 AM   #77
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My daughter is only 12, but she has a real unusual (for gender and age) interest in airplanes, flying, geography, etc. Her favorite TV show is Mayday, I kid not. I'd love for her to maintain that as she gets older. Still pretty young I know, but any tips you can think of to help nurture that along the way? I don't know what the minimum age is to get private license, but I thought that would make an excellent sweet sixteen present.
Unless it has changed I believe you can get your Private license at 16, but you can start training before that. You can solo once you are 14.

I had one student that was 17 and had his private license, he was building his hours up for his commercial (200 hours and must be 18).

My daughter is only 22 months, but I've already got her looking up and pointing at airplanes and saying "airplane, airplane!" as they go by. There will be spotting trips to the airport this summer for sure!
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