How many pilots, ever?

Just to say, since 1903, maybe 4 or 5 million people worldwide have learned
how to fly. Maybe 3 million are still alive today. World populations is 5
billion, so a pilot is less than 1 of a thousand.




"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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| Why? It will be far more meaningful to him if he discovers it himself,
| a few years down the road.
|
| Time will give him that perspective. What I want to know (and I think
| would be cool to know, just for ****s and giggles) is:
|
| - How many pilots have ever been certificated
|
| - How many billions of humans have *ever* lived.
|
| Since man has longed to fly since time immemorial, and only a
| miniscule percentage of humans have ever achieved it, I think this
| would be a very cool statistic to know. Your mileage may vary.
|
| Sadly, I haven't found a very good way to measure either number.
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"

Just to say, since 1903, maybe 4 or 5 million people worldwide have learned
how to fly.

How did you come to that number, Jim?

Maybe 3 million are still alive today. World populations is 5
billion, so a pilot is less than 1 of a thousand.

And if you figure all the humans who have *ever* lived (and yearned to
fly), pilots are an incredibly tiny percentage. We truly are lucky
to be alive today!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"