Doug wrote:
Ah yes, but flying a small, tandem, amphibious aircraft hangared at my
particular airport, flown by a 50 something pilot with Commercial, IFR
and CFI ratings, is actually quite safe, statistically. In fact, I
don't believe there has EVER been a fatality in one of those!

Using that logic, any flight made by George Patterson is perfectly safe. He's
never bent an airplane.

George Patterson
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