Perhaps fortunately, I have only lost 1 friend and 2 acquaintances in 30 years of private flying. All instructors.
My friend Tom, who died in Thailand, was the most talented weightshift pilot I ever met and a great character.
The two others were both talented pilots who died in Africa and Southern Scotland well before their time.
On a similar theme, I suspect I am not the only pilot to downplay a bit the dangers of flying small aeroplanes to my friends and relatives.
Do posters here think we should be more forthright about the number of friends and acquaintances that have been killed or injured flying?
PS Just remembered that I flew with Pete Clark in the Europa demonstrator.