X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:51:23 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.tsnci.com ([65.78.205.250] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3c3) with ESMTP id 3998301 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:12:39 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.78.205.250; envelope-from=WeinsweigD@tsnci.com Received: from TSNC_DOM-MTA by mail.tsnci.com with Novell_GroupWise; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:18:08 -0500 X-Original-Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.7 X-Original-Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:17:43 -0500 From: "Dr. Weinsweig" X-Original-To: ,, Subject: Re: [LML] Lancairs afoot! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline howdy grayhawk- i always appreciate your insightful posts. i looked for my plane under "ivpt" in the faa registry and it is not there but is listed under "lancair propjet" as are others so i suspect that there are more than 13 ivpt(propjets) registered. i wonder if there are other model designations which would falsely give a lesser number of lancairs in the fleet. david weinsweig n750dw propjet(for sale) 176 hrs tt of flying joy! huntington, wv weinsweigd@gmail.com >>> Sky2high@aol.com 12/01/2009 6:31:04 AM >>> In 2006 I sent the LML counts of Lancairs as obtained from the FAA database: _http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Inquiry.aspx_ (http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Inquiry.aspx) "Model" was searched using the text shown below. The number of planes registered may include those not yet flying. Today I did a similar search to see the changes (Difference, negative means a decrease). Nov 2006 Nov 2009 Difference Model Search Sub- Sub- Sub- Text Sub-Mdl Sub-Mdl Model Sub-Mdl Sub-Mdl Model Sub-Mdl Sub-Mdl Model Lancair 1009 1111 102 Lancair IV 292 310 18 Lancair IVP 223 217 -6 Lancair IVPT 16 13 -3 Lancair ES 58 74 16 Legacy 118 160 42 Lancair Legacy 85 120 35 Lancair 360 123 133 10 Lancair 320 212 218 6 Lancair 235 99 104 5 Lancair 200 6 6 Lancair 320/360 11 11 Totals 908 1009 1005 1111 97 102 I have no idea what "sub-model" was used for the missing Lancairs. Note that the search is more limiting by the more specific text used (thus categories such as sub-sub-model). Note the greatest increase over these 3 years was in the "Legacy" category. Note the decrease in certain IV categories. In any event, Lancairs generally increased by 10% while Legacy aircraft increased by 36% (at a rate of 1 per month). But remember that 200-300 series Lancairs still comprise 42% of the Lancair Fleet and 2-seaters are 56% of the fleet. Scott Krueger AKA Grayhawk MotorMouth, Charlatan, Bon Vivant, Escapee, Etcetera... Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96 Aurora, IL (KARR)