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03-04-08, 01:45 PM
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| | Ron Earp Site Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Aviation threads generally generate a fair number of responses on this forum. Threads like this one: Horror-Landing at Hamburg Airport
And other aircraft threads have "high read rates" on GT40s.com. I wonder if GT40s.com has a disproportionate number of pilots in relation to a) the general population and b) an average car forum.
In 2005 the US had 295M people and about 609,000 pilots. This works out to about 0.2% of the US population (sorry don't have world figures).
If this ratio were to remain constant for GT40s.com membership we'd have about 12 pilots here with a total membership of 6000. Or, maybe we should estimate an active readership of around 2000 and we'd have about 4 pilots.
So how many licensed pilots do we have here on the forum (don't have to have a current medical, just at one time been a licensed pilot)?
I'll sign up as pilot one. | 
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03-04-08, 01:49 PM
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| | Jay Vickers Rookie
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Adair, Okla. US GT40: RCR MK IV
Posts: 66
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1. Yo
Also how many skydivers?
Blue Skies...
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03-04-08, 01:51 PM
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| | speed220mph A Tenth
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Hickory GT40: ERA GT
Posts: 159
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I'm in that category, tail dragger no less. Not what you'd call a "heavy", but a '49 Stinson. Operate off a grass strip in a valley with lots of wind and trees at one end; NC27.
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03-04-08, 01:59 PM
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| | mtrusty Lifetime Premier Supporter
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USA-Arkansas GT40: SPF MarkII GT40
Posts: 60
Rep Power: 3 | Re: How Many Pilots?
Been one since '76. Thanks to another pilot here on the forum some of that time was in a Citation but most in multi-engine complex.
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03-04-08, 02:01 PM
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| | David Morton Lifetime Premier Supporter
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Marlow, England. GT40: The Jewel on the Thames: Marlow, Bucks
Posts: 2,467
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Yes to both. Medical revoked due to 5 coronary bypasses last year. 
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03-04-08, 02:05 PM
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| | Scott Calabro Supporting Vendor
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New England GT40: TS40 # 875
Posts: 725
Rep Power: 9 | Re: How Many Pilots?
Just learning to fly, but mechanics are even more rare!  | |
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03-04-08, 02:32 PM
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| | Merlin2222 Rookie
Join Date: May 2007 Location: europe
Posts: 62
Rep Power: 2 | Re: How Many Pilots?
i started with gliders and now i fly only powered planes .most of the time tailwheel planes, | |
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03-04-08, 02:43 PM
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| | jac mac 10 tenths
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gore N.Z.
Posts: 1,396
Rep Power: 18 | Re: How Many Pilots?
Sat most of the exams,did the hours, never got round to doing the check rides to complete it all due to the finding out the club instructor was being very gratuitous towards himself with club income- I got very offside with club & obviously him when I pointed this out- old case of shoot the messenger 
Enjoyed the flying though- C150/152/172/180/185- Cub,T-Hawk,Cherokee, -Tobago, Kit Fox. Fletchers. Crazy thing is I live 10 minutes from Croydon AC & yet have never been in a Tiger Moth, must do something about that one day!
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03-04-08, 03:01 PM
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| | Big-Foot Gold Supporter
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN GT40: Replica
Posts: 1,230
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Count me in. Since 1978. Most of it in powered fixed wing craft. | |
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03-04-08, 04:20 PM
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| | Rookie
Join Date: Apr 2003 GT40: GILROY CALIFORNIA
Posts: 27
Rep Power: 6 | Re: How Many Pilots?
Glider pilot rating. Longest flight time of 7 1/2 hours off a 2500 ft tow. Boy, did I have to take a leak after that flight! | |
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03-04-08, 04:58 PM
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| | Pete Lifetime Premier Supporter
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Brisbane, Austr GT40: GT40 Australia.
Posts: 2,829
Rep Power: 37 | Re: How Many Pilots?
I'm in, I no longer have a current license. Endorsed on Chipmunk, Tiger Moth, C150, 172, Cherokee 140, 180, Arrow. Victor Airtourer.
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03-04-08, 05:49 PM
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| | JCoop 2 Tenths
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York, USA GT40: CAVMONO29
Posts: 241
Rep Power: 5 | Re: How Many Pilots?
ASEL, AMEL, Instrument.
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03-04-08, 06:30 PM
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| | Vintage64 Gold Supporter
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mesa, AZ GT40: SPF GT40 MkI
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Not current. Last ride was a Yak-52 TW - see avatar | |
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03-04-08, 07:16 PM
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| | Freewheel Rookie
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 81
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03-04-08, 07:16 PM
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| | p thompson Administrator
Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milland, West S GT40: None
Posts: 2,078
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Interesting thread and I would think that the percentage will be much higher than simple calculation would dictate.
A 40 replica is not the cheapest of automotive hobbies, therefore it follows that many (not all) owners would fall into the category of having above average disposable income for 'fun activities'. Clearly pilots often (again not always) fall into this category and also i'm sure that many others, who are not pilots by profession, are able to indulge themselves with not just cars, but planes too - and why not! - I probably would given the chance...
Have I held a licence? - alas NO, but I have flown 'hands on':
A Comet
A Varsity
A chipmunk
A glider
and a Sepcat Jaguar - All (bar the glider) complements of my time in the Royal Aircraft Establishment (as was)... - oh happy days...
Oh - and my guess would be at least 10 times the expected percentage - or more. So between 2 - 5% of membership.
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03-04-08, 07:33 PM
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| | Jim Downard A Tenth
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bremen, Ohio GT40: MDA Mk I
Posts: 142
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Got my ticket in 1987. Haven't flown in a while, but medical is current. Cars not built yet, but I'm making slow progress in the forward direction.
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03-04-08, 07:42 PM
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| | toy264 Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, Texas
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I got my first license in '67 and was a USAF pilot back in the 70s.
Got parachute rated at Ft. Benning, Ga. in '68, but compared with sky diving there's not as much training needed for those static line jumps. Just "Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door...." | |
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03-04-08, 08:29 PM
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| | Doc Watson 5 Tenths
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Devon, UK GT40: Replica Mk I
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Rep Power: 10 | Re: How Many Pilots?
I was a back seat driver..... you can tell the pilot where to go!
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03-04-08, 08:46 PM
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| | CESLAW Gold Supporter
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Illinois
Posts: 284
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Ryan and I have been working on our ticket for the last year plus and we hope to have our license by summers end. Have a '67 172.
Ryan plans to take up skydiving as soon as he turns 18 next February. Can't say I am too excited about that idea. | |
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03-04-08, 10:16 PM
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| | Rookie
Join Date: Aug 2004 GT40: Austin, TX
Posts: 10
Rep Power: 4 | Re: How Many Pilots?
UH-1H, AH-1S, AH-1F, AH-64. I think your stats are blown Ron.
A lot of similarities between the AH's and GT's. | |
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