Interesting observation, but not adjusted for age. Experimentals are
generally newer than production A/C, and those thousands of hours represent
how many last year???? It's possible for both observations to be true.

Ted Noel
N540TF

On 7/13/2011 8:19 AM, rwolf99@aol.com wrote:

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.


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