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August 30th 05, 05:22 PM
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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! 
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August 30th 05, 05:59 PM
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"Doug" wrote in message oups.com... 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! But Doug, you're not statistically relevant until you die in a crash and burn. Then, because since relatively few people do crash and burn you will have an effect on the statistics. Think about it.
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August 30th 05, 07:58 PM
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Gig 601XL Builder wrote: "Doug" wrote in message oups.com... 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! But Doug, you're not statistically relevant until you die in a crash and burn. Then, because since relatively few people do crash and burn you will have an effect on the statistics. Think about it. Yes, but what are the chances of that?
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August 30th 05, 08:50 PM
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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 Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.
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#5
August 30th 05, 09:39 PM
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George Patterson wrote: 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. I just had a quick resume of all the people I know who died in vehicle accidents, marine accidents and flying accidents. Vehicle deaths are way way out front.
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August 30th 05, 09:49 PM
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george wrote: I just had a quick resume of all the people I know who died in vehicle accidents, marine accidents and flying accidents. Vehicle deaths are way way out front. how do those numbers relate if you divide them by the total number of people you know who drive vehicles, operate marine vessels, and fly airplanes? -R
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August 31st 05, 02:06 AM
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