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Old June 7th 07, 12:25 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Dave J
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Default GA piston flying down almost 50% since 2000

On Jun 6, 3:45 pm, "RST Engineering" wrote:
Tell ya what. Three spread sheets and three graphs of the spreadsheets will
be posted towww.rstengineering.com/photosin fifteen minutes. Take a look
at the straightness of the line since 1990.

Jim


Jim,

I agree that it looks pretty linear, which is scary. Actually, the R^2
for the linear fit was 0.80, but it was 0.88 for a log fit, so the
exponential is actually a better match. But, functional form aside,
the real nit to pick is trying to predict the future of GA with just
one variable.

Nevertheless, no matter how you interpret the graph, it does certainly
paint a dire picture for GA.

-- dave j