"John Larson" wrote in message
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AOPA has every reason to inflate the numbers. I wonder what the FAA says.


IIUC, those ARE the FAA's numbers. From the FAA databases I'd guess.


"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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AOPA says 618K pilots and 88K instructors.

http://aopa2.org/special/newsroom/stats/pilots.html


"John Larson" wrote in message
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I bet there aren't even that many ,,,