There are old pilots, there are bold pilots, but no old and bold pilots. 
First become a master of a standard flying machine, then think about 
modifications.

Vitaliy wrote:
> M. Adam Davis wrote:
>   
>>> Most GA pilots have an order of magnitude higher
>>> chance of dying in a car accident.
>>>       
>> What is the metric?  Deaths per year (absolute) or deaths per
>> person/mile traveled (relative) or something else?
>>     
>
> Deaths per pilot, of course. :)
>
> While flying a private GA aircraft is several times more dangerous on a mile 
> per mile basis, you also have to look at the ratio of miles driven vs miles 
> flown by an average pilot. Of course I may be full of it, since this last 
> metric is from my own observations and anecdotal evidence.
>
> Vitaliy 
>
>   
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