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DOD missed out…

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I was flying at 14.
Pilots license at 16, on the same day before I took my drivers license test that afternoon.
Hundred of hours cross country and IFR rated by 18.
Graduated HS and wanted Army Helo’s. They said no since I wore glasses and had impaired vision.
Acrobat and float plane rated by 20 yrs old and DOD said nope…. Late 80’s- early ‘90s.

I would have made one hell of an Army helo pilot… they 💩 the bed passing me up.
Now they beg for recruits to join the service…

I know the feeling. Had my first half hour flying lesson at 13 in a J-3 Cub with a broken right gear bungee cord. Glasses issue as well. The best the Air Force could do for me was stick me in a hole in Kansas for 4 years. Didn't have enough money to get my license until I was in my 30's. How different my life would have been if I had been able to get into USAF flight school.
 
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