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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)
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