Newps wrote:

I have been flying since 1996. In my 1000 hours I have seen an
airplane, not in the vicinity of an airport, maybe 10 times.

I'm based in New Jersey. I've seen at least that many in the last 50 hours of flight
time. You could probably see at least five just running the Hudson VFR corridor once.
Probably get five more doing a low-level run down the coast during banner-towing
season. But even if you avoid known high-traffic areas like those, you'll see plenty
of aircraft.

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.