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Yeah you could totally make that argument. A cessna cruises at around 125 knots (143 mph) and google tells me the speed limit on a US highway is 85 mph.
It's still less safe than driving a car, and not as safe as people assume all flying is (thanks to commercial flying being amazingly safe).
Only cager squares follow the speed limit
24.83 fatalities in 2019 and 25.95 in 2018 per 100 million miles ridden on motorcycle according to the source of the other article: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812979.pdf
If we take the value for personal flights:
I'm going to assume 125 mph as I'm skeptical of your 145 mph figure.
= 21.1 fatal per 125 million miles
= 16.88 fatal per 100 million miles of personal flights
I'd basically conclude that personal flights and motorbike are in the same ballpark whether you're looking at hours or miles.