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What percentage of USA glider pilots compete?
I'm curious to know if anyone knows what percentage of USA based glider
pilots fly in official contests (less formal individual club contests are less interesting to me). If I were to use my personal contacts (the pilots I fly with), I'd put the number around 10-15% but given the amount of coverage given to competitions, I'm starting to wonder if that's anywhere close to being accurate. Jeremy HpH 304C #62 |
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What percentage of USA glider pilots compete?
Jeremy Zawodny wrote: I'm curious to know if anyone knows what percentage of USA based glider pilots fly in official contests (less formal individual club contests are less interesting to me). If I were to use my personal contacts (the pilots I fly with), I'd put the number around 10-15% but given the amount of coverage given to competitions, I'm starting to wonder if that's anywhere close to being accurate. Jeremy HpH 304C #62 Do you mean "compete", or "fly in contests" ? Best Regards, Dave "YO" ;-) PS: Remember that competition drives the glider technology and the used ships available to the market... |
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What percentage of USA glider pilots compete?
592 ranked pilots are listed |
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What percentage of USA glider pilots compete?
Jeremy Zawodny wrote:
FWIW, I'm not trying to dispute the validity of that coverage or discourage anyone from documenting contests, I'm simply trying to find the reality behind it. Udo already provided half of the answer (592 pilots/teams have participated in at least one SSA sanctioned contest in the past 3 years). Now all you need to do is figure out how many active glider pilots there are in the US... Marc |
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What percentage of USA glider pilots compete?
I have no factual data, but this is r.a.s. afterall!
The number I keep hearing is about 10-15 thousand. Why is it important to know the percentage? To quote from (IIRC) Morris Garage (MG) "Competition improves the breed!" Flying technique and Technology benefit. -- Hartley Falbaum DG800B "KF" USA "Marc Ramsey" wrote in message ... Jeremy Zawodny wrote: FWIW, I'm not trying to dispute the validity of that coverage or discourage anyone from documenting contests, I'm simply trying to find the reality behind it. Udo already provided half of the answer (592 pilots/teams have participated in at least one SSA sanctioned contest in the past 3 years). Now all you need to do is figure out how many active glider pilots there are in the US... Marc |
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What percentage of USA glider pilots compete?
On Mar 28, 2:13 pm, Marc Ramsey wrote:
Jeremy Zawodny wrote: FWIW, I'm not trying to dispute the validity of that coverage or discourage anyone from documenting contests, I'm simply trying to find the reality behind it. Udo already provided half of the answer (592 pilots/teams have participated in at least one SSA sanctioned contest in the past 3 years). Now all you need to do is figure out how many active glider pilots there are in the US... Marc The soaring safety foundation website claims 12,512 SSA members in 2005. Which gives 4.7 % of SSA members competed in the last 3 years. Now how many of those members were active ? Todd Smith 3S |
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What percentage of USA glider pilots compete?
And also factor in that there are active glider pilots
who don't belong to the SSA. |
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What percentage of USA glider pilots compete?
I'd bet this number is less than 1%!
tim "Jeremy Zawodny" wrote in message ... I'm curious to know if anyone knows what percentage of USA based glider pilots fly in official contests (less formal individual club contests are less interesting to me). If I were to use my personal contacts (the pilots I fly with), I'd put the number around 10-15% but given the amount of coverage given to competitions, I'm starting to wonder if that's anywhere close to being accurate. Jeremy HpH 304C #62 |
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What percentage of USA glider pilots compete?
On Mar 28, 2:38 pm, "HL Falbaum" wrote:
To quote from (IIRC) Morris Garage (MG) "Competition improves the breed!" Improved so much that what happened ? Hint: Check the past day's news for a reminder... |
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