Figure it's better to bring up an old thread rather than start up a new one on the same topic, especially since the info here seems very helpful...
I have a 10 year old CAG that is currently making the move from clipped to unclipped, and she does the "Oh hell what now!" thing whenever she happens to be in the air (not very often, she's not inclined to even try yet), so I'll be using the above advice as a guideline as I work with her.
For those of you that were/are teaching an older bird to fly for the first time, how has it progressed since this thread was first active?