ORIGINAL: ianwynne

Hello:

There is no simple answer to that question, here are some of the factors.

1. For very good biological reasons, young people are better at learning new things. In our mid-twenties, our brains are ''re-wired'' which makes learning new things much harder. The ''ace'' at my club is also the youngest.
2. The flying time available. The site where I fly is very close to the sea and is badly effected by wind, sometimes for weeks at a time it's not possible to fly.
3. The ability of the instructor.
4. The ease of flying the particular plane which the student has.
5. The standards which the club has for people being proficient.
6. Possible bad experiences along the way. I was doing some routine repairs to my trainer when I stuck a hobby knife into my hand. It meant a visit to the emergency depart of a major hospital. That put me off flying for a couple of weeks.

Don't give yourself a hard time because it's taking longer than think it should.

Bye, Ian