It doesnt really matter how many gliders are on the register as the real question is how many are active ie airworthy. This can be extrapolated from the financial accounts and budgets which would indicate that approximately 660 form 2's are purchased each year. Assuming all the club gliders are airworthy that leaves just over 360 private aircraft are actually flown. Maintainers will tell you that the majority of these fly less than 50 hours.
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 5:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From the aircraft register of 2013 > > 1220 gliders and motor gliders > > 950 privately owned > > 270 owned by clubs/cadets/societies etc. > > > last year > > 1276 gliders and motor gliders (+4.6%, 56 actual) > > 981 privately owned (+3.3%, 31 actual) > > 295 owned by clubs/cadets/societies etc. (+9.3%, 25 actual) > > > Only about 3 years difference, I'd be reluctant to say too much about > trends, have to go back and dig up a really old one. But private ownership > (in absolute terms) increasing more than club ownership (and as others will > point out, only about half of the gliders in Australia are given an > annual in any one year, so it all may be moot anyway). > > gliders on the register newer than 3 years old in 2016 - (64 total) > > 36 private > > 28 club > > Of those 64 new gliders 18 "pure" (mostly DG1000s, and 10 of them air > cadets), 46 with some sort of motor. That's a clue to the future right > there. > > > > For pilot flying times, much more difficult to get a handle on. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." @ > lists.base64.com.au> > > To: > "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > Cc: > > Sent: > Wed, 1 Feb 2017 14:36:35 +1100 > Subject: > Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW > > > to put a different spin on it, how about asking some different questions > > 1) how many gliders are there now? > > 2) how many are privately owned (percentage change)? > > 3) have the annual flown hours per pilot gone up or down? > > > > > > > > @johnroake.com>@lists.base64.com.au> > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > >
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