- Who
- Cole Kugel
- What
- 105 year(s):day(s)
- Where
- United States (Longmont)
- When
Born March 14, 1902, Cole Kugel, a resident of Longmont, Colorado, USA is the oldest qualified pilot. He was born one year before the legendary Wright Brothers took to the skies, Kugel earned his pilot's license in 1945 and flew in 2007 for the last time, aged 105, piloting in the company of local veterinarian Lynn Ferguson in his beloved 1976 Cessna 182.
Cole Kugel died June 11 2007 of natural causes at his home in Longmont, Colorado, at the age of 105.
