US: Who is Flying What

[John Leibacher]

I have updated the informal listing of US tail IDs with the last 17 years of contest results at http://soaringweb.org/CN/ and mirror sites. There is a lot of hand editing and input from the community, so please send along your corrections and additions to

John Leibacher / 2E

[Dan Marotta]

PM sent for 5J.

On 11/12/2019 1:45 PM, John Leibacher wrote:
> I have updated the informal listing of US tail IDs with the last 17 years of contest results at http://soaringweb.org/CN/ and mirror sites. There is a lot of hand editing and input from the community, so please send along your corrections and additions to
>
> John Leibacher / 2E

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Dan, 5J

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Thank you John! You are a tireless ambassador and supporter for our sport! I only wish we were flying together again like the old days!

CH ASW27

[jcg8w%[email protected]]

Agreed -- Excellent

John -- thank you very much -- greatly appreciated

AE

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On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 8:00:11 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> Thank you John! You are a tireless ambassador and supporter for our sport! I only wish we were flying together again like the old days!
>
> CH ASW27

[John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net]

Very interesting and fun data. I was curious to determine which glider had the "highest" count. Of course as this is based on the ContestID, and a specific glider can be used by others, sold, etc, take the numbers with a grain of salt.

Interesting Factoid - there were 57 one-off unique gliders. These are listed below.

The top 100 models of gliders in order is;

SGS-1-26 564
Ventus 218
Discus 183
ASW-27 172
ASW-20 101
LS-8 83
ASG-29 74
DuoDiscus 71
LS-4 61
PW-5 60
StemmeS-10 51
StdCirrus 47
ASW-24 43
LS-6 40
LS-3 39
LAK-17 39
H-201Libelle 34
ASW-28 32
HPH-304 31
DG-800 30
SZD-55 28
ASW-19 26
Nimbus-3 26
DG-1000 25
Arcus 23
ASH-26 22
JS-1 22
PIK-20 21
ASH-25 20
ASK-21 20
ASH-31 15
SZD-42Jantar 15
DG-300 15
Genesis 13
Glasflügel303Mosquito 12
ASW-15 12
SilentS2 11
DG-808 11
DG-400 11
Blanik-L33 11
304C 10
SparrowHawk 10
Ka-6 10
Mini-Nimbus 10
Nimbus-4 10
RussiaAC-4 9
Cirrus 9
H-301Libelle 9
DG-303 9
DG-505 9

One-Off Gliders
(there has to be some errors in this with the wrong model number listed)

2CM
AC4C
AFH-3
Apis13
ASG-31
ASK-14
ASK21
AustriaSH-1
B-4
Bergfalke3
Bielsko1
Blanik-L23
BS-1
CherokeeII
Concept-70
Concordia
Diiscusb
DuckHawkSV
eDuoDiscus
Egret
ElfeS-3
Extreme
Glasflügel206Hornet
Glasflügel604
GrobTwin
H-201Stan
HP-11
HP-16T
HP-18A
J.LS-4
Ka-8
KatanaExtreme
L-13Blani
L23W
LETL-33
LHP-18
LP-15Nugg
LP-15Nugget
LPH18
LS-18
NG-1
PhoebusB1
Promyk
PZLKrosnoKR-03APuchatek
RS-15
SGS-1-34
SGS-1-35C
SGS-1-36
SlingsbyVegaT65
StandardC
StdAustria
SW-27
SZF24FoKa-4
Tetra15
TST-14M
TwinAstir
Woodstock-11.9

[John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net]

OOPS. I had listed above the top *FIFTY* glider models (I was counting Excel cells - models and counts). Sorry 'bout that.

The full list of the 154 models in John Leibacher's data (with counts) is available at;

http://aviation.derosaweb.net/miscellaneous/US%20Glider%20Counts%202019.11.13.pdf

Enjoy, John

[John Leibacher]

Many thanks; looks lik I still need to clean yet more of the ways that glider types appear.

John L / 2E

[Eric Greenwell[_4_]]

It clearly has lots of errors; eg, the FAA lists 30 of the ASH31Mi, while this
list has only 15. Why use this list when you can use the REAL data from the FAA?

John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net wrote on 11/13/2019 8:00 AM:
> Very interesting and fun data. I was curious to determine which glider had the "highest" count. Of course as this is based on the ContestID, and a specific glider can be used by others, sold, etc, take the numbers with a grain of salt.
>
> Interesting Factoid - there were 57 one-off unique gliders. These are listed below.
>
> The top 100 models of gliders in order is;
>
> SGS-1-26 564
> Ventus 218
> Discus 183
> ASW-27 172
> ASW-20 101
> LS-8 83
> ASG-29 74
> DuoDiscus 71
> LS-4 61
> PW-5 60
> StemmeS-10 51
> StdCirrus 47
> ASW-24 43
> LS-6 40
> LS-3 39
> LAK-17 39
> H-201Libelle 34
> ASW-28 32
> HPH-304 31
> DG-800 30
> SZD-55 28
> ASW-19 26
> Nimbus-3 26
> DG-1000 25
> Arcus 23
> ASH-26 22
> JS-1 22
> PIK-20 21
> ASH-25 20
> ASK-21 20
> ASH-31 15
> SZD-42Jantar 15
> DG-300 15
> Genesis 13
> Glasflügel303Mosquito 12
> ASW-15 12
> SilentS2 11
> DG-808 11
> DG-400 11
> Blanik-L33 11
> 304C 10
> SparrowHawk 10
> Ka-6 10
> Mini-Nimbus 10
> Nimbus-4 10
> RussiaAC-4 9
> Cirrus 9
> H-301Libelle 9
> DG-303 9
> DG-505 9
>
> One-Off Gliders
> (there has to be some errors in this with the wrong model number listed)
>
> 2CM
> AC4C
> AFH-3
> Apis13
> ASG-31
> ASK-14
> ASK21
> AustriaSH-1
> B-4
> Bergfalke3
> Bielsko1
> Blanik-L23
> BS-1
> CherokeeII
> Concept-70
> Concordia
> Diiscusb
> DuckHawkSV
> eDuoDiscus
> Egret
> ElfeS-3
> Extreme
> Glasflügel206Hornet
> Glasflügel604
> GrobTwin
> H-201Stan
> HP-11
> HP-16T
> HP-18A
> J.LS-4
> Ka-8
> KatanaExtreme
> L-13Blani
> L23W
> LETL-33
> LHP-18
> LP-15Nugg
> LP-15Nugget
> LPH18
> LS-18
> NG-1
> PhoebusB1
> Promyk
> PZLKrosnoKR-03APuchatek
> RS-15
> SGS-1-34
> SGS-1-35C
> SGS-1-36
> SlingsbyVegaT65
> StandardC
> StdAustria
> SW-27
> SZF24FoKa-4
> Tetra15
> TST-14M
> TwinAstir
> Woodstock-11.9
>
>


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On Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 4:32:55 PM UTC-5, Eric Greenwell wrote:
> It clearly has lots of errors; eg, the FAA lists 30 of the ASH31Mi, while this
> list has only 15. Why use this list when you can use the REAL data from the FAA?

JL developed the list from contest activity which is why it is based on contest numbers.
I don't think the FAA has those.
Interesting exercise
UH

[Tom BravoMike]

Just a little correction:
SZD-55 - 28 gliders
Promyk - 1 glider

'Promyk' IS actually SZD-55

[Blake Seese 3Y]

Blake Seese flying LP15 Nugget #6 and LVVSA flying LP15 Nugget #7

[Duster[_2_]]

> I don't think the FAA has those.
> Interesting exercise
> UH

Right, the FAA doesn't have any ownership based on contest numbers. However, it's relatively quick to get reasonable numbers off the FAA database if you search by model. For example I came up with ship numbers for three models in just a couple minutes:
SGS 1-26 407
ASW27 136
LAK17 29

These under-report the numbers assimilated by SSA contest numbers, do not include de-registered ones and do not cover Canadian/Mexican aircraft. You can part them out by specific subtypes (Discus2, Discus2a, etc.) and they are grouped by state with sums for each. As always use caution with the FAA data as they sometimes upload inaccurate info (engine/no-engine, etc.).

[krasw]

"Ventus". Ok.

[Duster[_2_]]

On Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 6:23:51 AM UTC-6, krasw wrote:
> "Ventus". Ok.

U.S.A. Inventory:
Ventus A 9
Ventus B 40
Ventus BT 8
Ventus C 10
Ventus CM 4
Ventus CT 1
Ventus 2A 7
Ventus 2B 26
Ventus 2C 19
Ventus 2CM 11
Ventus 2CT 7
Ventus 2CX 1
Ventus 2CXM 1
Ventus 3F 4
Ventus 3G 1
Ventus 3M 2
Ventus 3T 2

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It’s still great and interesting to see the venerable old 1-26 still holds the top spot here. I am pretty sure they still also hold the top spot for the model ship producing the most number of badges. In addition we are close to having 50 pilots who have achieved all three diamond legs in a 1-26. Now there is pursuit that takes dedication and diligence.

[Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot)]

I glanced over the list (me or others may make a few updates...)...glad to see a ship I co-own is top of the list!

Great work on the list....wondering if some 1-26 gaps are due to totals....:-(.....

Thanks for the work John.....

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On Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 3:52:18 PM UTC-5, Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) wrote:
> I glanced over the list (me or others may make a few updates...)...glad to see a ship I co-own is top of the list!
>
> Great work on the list....wondering if some 1-26 gaps are due to totals....:-(.....
>
> Thanks for the work John.....

This list generated from contest data.
Missing ships did no fly a contest in the period John looked at.
UH

[HoUdino]

Has anyone created similar data from the OLC files?