How many aircraft "Types"?

How many "Types" have you flown?

Without mentioning any names, I have recently seen claims of having
flown
more than a thousand types. Are there a thousand types? Are there 1000
civilian types?

Maybe I'm looking at this wrong, if I fly a C-210, a T-210 and a P-210,
I consider them
all one type. They are all on one type certificate, right?

An astronaut bio I recently read claimed he had flown 56 types. I
believe it, he could
probably tell you the serial #'s. Although I haven't counted, in 35 years
I've probably
flown dozens.

Statistically, if you HAD flown 1,000 types, have you flown half of the
aircraft types ever flown? 1/4?

I guess we could limit it to production types, but that would rule out
Crossfield and Yeager
and others who probably got exposed to more types than "average". I think
that this fellow never
flew military active duty, so that should limit it somewhat.

We should definitely rule out any simulator time.

AL G

For insurance purposes an M20C and M20J are the same. When I bought my
F they accepted time in a C (the first time I ever flew an F was the
day I picked it up solo). However, the two are about as similar as a
C-150 and C-172. Doesn't seem to be much reason as to when different
are generally considered a different type by insurance or laypilots.

-Robert

Al G wrote:
How many "Types" have you flown?

Without mentioning any names, I have recently seen claims of having
flown
more than a thousand types. Are there a thousand types? Are there 1000
civilian types?

Maybe I'm looking at this wrong, if I fly a C-210, a T-210 and a P-210,
I consider them
all one type. They are all on one type certificate, right?

An astronaut bio I recently read claimed he had flown 56 types. I
believe it, he could
probably tell you the serial #'s. Although I haven't counted, in 35 years
I've probably
flown dozens.

Statistically, if you HAD flown 1,000 types, have you flown half of the
aircraft types ever flown? 1/4?

I guess we could limit it to production types, but that would rule out
Crossfield and Yeager
and others who probably got exposed to more types than "average". I think
that this fellow never
flew military active duty, so that should limit it somewhat.

We should definitely rule out any simulator time.

AL G

There was recently another thread along this line. I remember looking
up Eric "Winkle" Brown of the British Fleet Air Arm WW2 era. He is
widely regarded as having flown more individual aircraft types than
anyone in history. IIRC his numbers were between 400 and 500. He was
the Royal Navy's chief test pilot for much of the war and afterward.
He test flew every aircraft in inventory including all the American
types purchased or leased for the war and all the captured enemy types.

John Dupre'

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Al G wrote:
How many "Types" have you flown?

Without mentioning any names, I have recently seen claims of having
flown
more than a thousand types. Are there a thousand types? Are there 1000
civilian types?

Maybe I'm looking at this wrong, if I fly a C-210, a T-210 and a
P-210,
I consider them
all one type. They are all on one type certificate, right?

An astronaut bio I recently read claimed he had flown 56 types. I
believe it, he could
probably tell you the serial #'s. Although I haven't counted, in 35 years
I've probably
flown dozens.

Statistically, if you HAD flown 1,000 types, have you flown half of
the
aircraft types ever flown? 1/4?

I guess we could limit it to production types, but that would rule
out
Crossfield and Yeager
and others who probably got exposed to more types than "average". I think
that this fellow never
flew military active duty, so that should limit it somewhat.

We should definitely rule out any simulator time.

AL G

There was recently another thread along this line. I remember looking
up Eric "Winkle" Brown of the British Fleet Air Arm WW2 era. He is
widely regarded as having flown more individual aircraft types than
anyone in history. IIRC his numbers were between 400 and 500. He was
the Royal Navy's chief test pilot for much of the war and afterward.
He test flew every aircraft in inventory including all the American
types purchased or leased for the war and all the captured enemy types.

John Dupre'


Thanks John, Google is my friend, when I have an idea what I'm looking for.

Al G

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:01:53 -0800, Al G wrote
(in article ):

How many "Types" have you flown?


I think that it depends a little on what is meant by "flown," too. Assuming
"flown" means that you at least got to handle the controls and maybe make a
couple turns (as opposed to just sitting in the pilot's seat for a few
minutes and without requiring a takeoff or landing), then I could say that I
have "flown" a T-37, for example, at least for a little over an hour.

Okay, not all that many types:

Cessna 150, 152, 172, 172RG, 182, 182RG, 206, 208, 337P.
Piper Warrior, Archer, Seminole, Aztec and Seneca II and III.
Cirrus SR-20.
Diamond DA-40.
Grumman Lynx.
Hyperbipe.
Kitfox.
Beechcraft Bonanza.
KingAir C90.
and, of course, the T-37 (another Cessna, come to think of it). And probably
one or two others that I just can't remember at the moment.

Of course, I am not the sort of guy who goes around begging to fly other
peoples' airplanes. Sure, if you let me fly it I will give it a go.

I suppose that if someone claimed to have flown 1000 types then they have the
obligation to list them, eh?

Al G wrote:
How many "Types" have you flown?


Baron 55
Bonanza F33A
152
172P/R/S
Warrior PA-28-151/161/181
Seneca II PA-34-200T

What would also be interesting is to see who has the most number of
unique tail numbers in their logbook. According to my logbook, my 258
hours of total time are split among 29 different tail numbers. Thats
8.8 hours per tail number...