On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:55:58 -0500, Dan Nafe wrote:

In article ,
Ron Wanttaja wrote:

However, the percentage
of homebuilts vs the overall fleet is still rising:

Year Percentage of total aircraft registered
2000 7.5%
2001 7.7%
2002 8.0%
2003 8.2%
2004 8.5%


I'd say this is mostly due to C, P, & B producing fewer aircraft and
homebuilders continuing production.

Not sure if it's that simple. There are other Cs, Ps, and Bs out there, too.
There are 457 Cirrus aircraft with 2004 model years, plus 144 Pilatuses
(Pilati?) and 144 Bombardiers.

Taking the short cut of just counting planes with that particular model year
(which doesn't reflect that some were lost since then, or that homebuilts don't
always have a model year listed), the percentage of homebuilts added each year
runs like this:

2000 21.5%
2001 22.2%
2002 25.3%
2003 29.6%
2004 25.4%

So for 2004, the percentage of new homebuilts vs new production aircraft
actually dropped. But that nominal 25%, year after year, should bring up the
total percentage of the fleet.

As far as the net additions to the homebuilt fleet, 2004 is the second lowest of
the last five years.

Ron Wanttaja