Randy writes:

 

<<I believe there are more flight hours per plane for experimentals that certifieds...>>

 

I don't see how that could be.  One year at Oshkosh there was a special display area for homebuilts with over 1000 hours.  There were just a handful.  Bill Hannahan's Lancair was one of them.  On the other side of the runway were thousands of spam-cans, all certified.  I'll bet that none had less than 1000 hours, and most had more than 2000 hours.

 

Further, every experimental for sale in Trade-a-Plane or ASO.com seems to have between 100 and maybe 500 hours.  Virtually all spam cans have thousands.

 

As to the real question -- do homebuilt owners fly their airplanes more hours per year than spam can owners -- I have no idea.

 

- Rob Wolf

 

p.s.  I do not use the term "spam can" as pejorative.  I used to own one and had a lot of fun with it.