I took a one-hour ride in another 17G, the Liberty Belle, as a present to myself in 2013, the year before it died in a cornfield in Illinois. I knew the risks, I thought, and thoroughly enjoyed an aerial tour of the Bay Area. (Nothing like the view from the top turret). I can see most sides of the issue of allowing these flights to continue, but at some point we are going to have to realize that we cannot keep flying around in 70-80 year old aircraft. We probably ought to park the examples we have left, not necessarily because we will be spending more on insurance than maintenance. And I never got my receipt for a taxable donation to the foundation.