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Old November 27th 07, 10:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Paul Tomblin
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Default Pilots are, indeed, rare...

In a previous article, Jay Honeck said:
If we use the estimate of 5 million pilots who have ever lived, we can
see that the number of people in history to have achieved the ability
to fly is something around .0047%, or 1 in 21,200 people...


Hey, I know dozens of pilots. I guess that means I know 250K+ people! I
love statistics.


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