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Old October 31st 07, 10:36 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Ian
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Default How dangerous is soaring?

On 31 Oct, 00:56, 1LK wrote:
At my present age, my risk of dying on any given day is in the range
of 1 in 80.


How old are you? A 1 in 80 chance of dying today means that you have a
79 in 80 chance of making it to tomorrow, which is a (79/80)^365 = 1%
chance of making it through a year. I'll bet even 100 year olds have a
better survival rate than that ...

Ian