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Old December 21st 05, 04:16 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default We're getting old, folks...

More Sport Pilots and a law to require all golf courses to
allow airplanes.

BTW, GOLF got its name from the signs at the
course...Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden


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| On 12/20/05 6:04 PM, in article
| ,
"Jay Honeck"
| wrote:
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| Here's the average age of pilots, comparing 1993 to
2003:
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| ....................1993 -- 2003
| Student ........ 33.7 - 34.0
| Rec ..............45.5 - 51.3
| Private ..........42.7 - 46.5
| Commercial ...41.9 - 45.6
| ATP ..............44.1 - 47.0
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| Here are the number of private certificates issued:
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| 1971-49,000
| 1976-55,000
| 1981-45,000
| 1986-34,000
| 1991-49,000
| 1996-24,000
| 2001-25,000
| 2004-23,000
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| Both of these are a one-way trips, ladies and gentlemen.
What the heck
| kind of GA are we going to have in 25 years, at this
rate? What can
| we do to arrest this rate of decline?
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