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Is Flying Safer Than Driving? The Truth About General Aviation

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1] But does this hold true for private planes and personal flights? These flights, known as General Aviation (GA), have reached historically low accident rates. We’ve done extensive research to compare General Aviation accident rates to driving. fatalities per 100,000 flight hours. [3]

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Painted Cloudscapes to Saratoga Springs

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General Aviation to the rescue! September 24: Cloudscapes Date Aircraft Route of Flight Time (hrs) Total (hrs) 24 Sep 2023 N21481 SDC (Sodus, NY) - 5B2 (Saratoga Springs, NY) 1.9 From flight planning, I knew that we would experience rain, instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and darkness.

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In Search of the Headless Horseman

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Located directly on the Hudson River roughly thirty miles north of New York City, Sleepy Hollow is easily accessed by General Aviation and seven Williamson Flying Club members planned a Halloween pilgrimage there to follow the trail of the Headless Horseman. Better safe than sorry.