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Old November 28th 07, 07:49 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Gene Seibel
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Default Pilots are, indeed, rare...

On Nov 27, 2:44 pm, Jay Honeck wrote:

Humans tried to fly for over 50,000 years, only figuring it out 104
years ago. In other words, for 99.8% of our history, we tried -- and
failed -- to fly. Yet, amazingly, that knowledge is now available to
anyone on the planet for the cost of a used Chevy Lumina.

Guess it wasn't so easy a caveman could do it.
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Gene Seibel
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