[kvanbrunt2]

There are old pilots and there are bold pilots. There are no old, bold pilots.

[Bigbrown]

“There are old pilots and there are bold pilots. There are no old, bold pilots.”

As a man who has over 20,000 hours I can attest to that.

[Paal Gulli]

"There are old pilots and there are bold pilots. There are no old, bold pilots."

That's a tired old chestnut invented by someone rationalizing why they were too cowardly to try to learn to fly. I've never yet head it said by a pilot (of consequence).

And if you think Eddie Rickenbacher, Robin Olds, Chuck Yeager, Bob Hoover, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Mike Novosel weren't bold pilots, you're an idiot (and they all lived to be 80+).