- Maybe GA can survive (but not flourish) with 40+. I recall a talk about a symphony. They were concerned that the average season ticket holder was 50+ years old. So they tried, unsuccessfully, to lower the age. They finally realized that the average age stayed about the same - there was a certain age at which people who loved classical music had the time and money to support them.
- But if we don't "kill the lawyers" (and bureaucrats), then the future of GA is dim (e.g. Andrew's comment, and below):
- affordable acrobatic aircraft would really put the thrills back in, but is impractical until we put the lawyers back into their cage (see the example of skateboard parks).

--Tony