Richard Riley wrote:

On the other hand, maybe he's got enough sense to not actually put his
life on the line, when he's got young offspring to around. It's a
heck of a decision to look your child in the face and tell him you
might not come back from this flight, you might never see him again,
because you want to go fly an impractical airplane for fun.

Oh, that ain't so much the problem. The problem is when you're telling
your kid this for the millionth time, ten years later, and the parts
are still in the box, and he's going off to college...

....will he think you insincere!?