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Re:Questions People Ask When I Tell Them I Own an Airplane by Udo on Thursday February 20, 2014 @04:48AM (#7269908)
> about half the pilots I knew in 1980 (instructors as well as students) had been killed in flying accidents.

That's extreme. Is there any pattern? Where are you located?

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Re:Questions People Ask When I Tell Them I Own an Airplane by lutusp on Thursday February 20, 2014 @11:28AM (#7271648)
> That's extreme.

Yes, it is extreme, not the average. I should have added that the pilots I knew were largely instructors, stunt pilots and skydivers (and pilots who flew skydivers to altitude). So not a typical population.

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