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GA in decline since 1968 .. or .. 1979.
File this under "old news":
The number of student pilots in the U.S. peaked in 1968, declined for a while before climbing to its highest (and last) peak in 1979. The highest total number of pilots peaked the next year and has been declining since then: http://www.aopa.org/special/newsroom/stats/pilots.html (Since 2002 there have been more CFIs than students.) In 1980 there was 1 pilot for every 274 people. In 2006 there was 1 pilot for every 502 people. (Population of U.S. for 2006 rounded to 300,000,000 and for 1980 taken from he http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demogra..._United_States ) |
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