Addendum to Canon vs. Fanon, part 14: How old is Sam, really?

[fignewton]

There was considerable discussion in the comments section of the Sam Carter edition regarding Sam's actual age. If you're interested in reading the details that lead to the final conclusion (the screencap from Entity doesn't work, but Sam is still younger than Daniel), this link will take you directly to the new analysis.

And thanks, Codger. :)

Comments

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

I got the impression from those that she *had* been trained as an Air Force jet pilot (when being the question).

Assuming that flight school in Sam's time was like it was in 2001/2002, she was trained as a fighter pilot while in flight school. My cousin went through more recently and all of the pilots were trained in both types of aircraft before being assigned into either "fighter" or "bomber" tracks for their career.

I agree that they're trying to shove too many major accomplishments into too short a time period. They do it for all of the characters except Teal'c and I find it quite annoying. I think, though, it's a common problem with television.