"Dan Luke" writes:

"Michael" wrote:
The average private airplane flies 26 hours a year.

That surprises me.

Two hours/month; seems hardly worth the bother.

It's not. It's not safe either. That's how much I was flying before
I bought my own airplane; my flying club moved one direction, I moved
the other, and suddenly a 3 mile trip turned into 40 miles.

Now I fly over 100 hours a year, not a huge amount but I'm a lot safer
and enjoy it a lot more.