Gen X goes from 1965-1982. One thing people forget about when it comes to defining generations is birthrates. Millennials are known as the New Boomers, and the rise in births actually started with those born in 1983, and ended with those born in 2001.
Privilege levels of pilot certificates are, in order of increasing privilege: 1  Student Pilot: an individual who is learning to fly under the tutelage of a flight instructor and who is permitted to fly alone under specific, limited circumstances. 2  Sport Pilot: an individual who is authorized to fly only Light-sport Aircraft.
The Kamikaze pilot. Generally, Kamikaze pilots were university students motivated by obligation, and loyalty to family and country. A typical pilot was a science student in his twenties. He prepared for his fiery destiny by writing farewell letters and poems to loved ones, receiving a thousand-stitch sash*, and by holding a ceremony â a drink of water that gave him a spiritual lifting before wedging himself between 550-pound bombs.