Where are aeroplanes built these days?

[Genghis the Engineer]

This may interest some of you fellers, it's from some statistical analysis I'm doing for a Royal Aeronautical Society Paper.

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An analysis of new aircraft registrations in the UK 2000-2004

Criteria

(1) All aircraft of a similar type are grouped together, for example all X’Airs are counted as one type, so are all Airbus A319/320/321 variants.
(2) Where nationality of an aircraft is less than clear, the author’s best judgement is used as to the primary source.
(3) Aircraft are currently registered in the UK (February 2005) and have a date of manufacture shown within 2000-2004 inclusive.
(4) Numbers of airframes only are considered, not value.
(5) Gliders aren’t included – nothing personal, but they aren’t G-registered, so the data isn’t available.

Top 20 new types

1. Robinson R44 (145 aircraft)
2. Raj Hamsa X’Air (144 aircraft)
3. Pegasus Quantum (141 aircraft)
4= Airbus A391/320/321 (125 aircraft)
4= Mainair Blade (125 aircraft)
6. Europa (112 aircraft)
7. Pegasus Quik (111 aircraft)
8. Sky Ranger (110 aircraft)
9. Jabiru (92 aircraft)
10. Grob G115 (77 aircraft)
11. EV-97 Eurostar (73 aircraft)
11= Thruster T600 (73 aircraft)
13. Ikarus C42 (67 aircraft)
14. Rans S6 (66 aircraft)
15. Robinson R22 (51 aircraft)
16. Boeing 737 (39 aircraft)
16= Zenair CH601 (39 aircraft)
18. Diamond DA40 (37 aircraft)
19. Piper PA28, all models (36 aircraft)
20. Pegasus / Flightdesign CT2K (29 aircraft)

(The total number of new-build aircraft registered was 3146)

Top 10 Manufacturing countries

1. UK (1037 aircraft)
2. USA (772 aircraft)
3. France (252 aircraft)
4. Europe / mixed (187 aircraft)
5. Germany (175 aircraft)
6. India (144 aircraft)
7. Czech Republic (135 aircraft)
8. Canada (111 aircraft)
9. Australia (103 aircraft)
10. Italy (74 aircraft)

Top 10 UK new aircraft classes

1. Microlights (1212 aircraft)
2. Fixed wing land (1201 aircraft)
3. Hot air balloons (346 aircraft)
4. Helicopters (309 aircraft)
5. Gyroplanes (43 aircraft)
6. Motor Gliders (23 aircraft)
7= Hot Air Airships (3 aircraft)
7= Fixed Wing Amphibians (3 aircraft)
9. Gas Balloons (2 aircraft)
10= Gas Airships (1)
10= Fixed Wing Seaplane (1)


(Edited 13/2/5 to keep the Czechs happy by giving them a capital Republic)

[Genghis the Engineer]

What do you mean by point of origin? - the manufacturing company?

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[FlightDetent]

Pretty please, it took me years to get a grip on capital letters use in this language and still I am unsure. At least but not last, _R_epublic anyone?

[Lowtimer]

Where did all the RVs go? I guess they are too dissimilar from each other to be categorises as a single type.

Very thought-provoking piece of work, though, GtE. I shall have to go investigate some of the microlight types more closely, they obviously do things for people.

[Genghis the Engineer]

A quick crunch through the spreadsheet shows 121 assorted Vans aircraft built over that period, so if you grouped them all together they'd just beat Europa to 6th place.

Interesting to see what happens if you do the same to what is now P&M Aviation, which by my reckoning comes out at 406 aircraft out of the top 20, and 411 if you add in the less popular types (4 Rapiers and an XL-Q).

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[Abeam MCT]

GtE,
Never mind Czech republic, what's an A391?:=

[Genghis the Engineer]

It's a type of Airbsu :}

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