Average Pilot AUW?
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Average Pilot AUW?
OK, due to many other threads needing info of this nature. I thought it would be a good bit of market research to find the max, min and median weight of PPRuNe pilots
So as honestly as one can remember, would you like to state your all up weight ready to fly? I suppose this must include headsets, knee boards bags etc?
To start off i am 6'1" and 114kg ready to fly
So as honestly as one can remember, would you like to state your all up weight ready to fly? I suppose this must include headsets, knee boards bags etc?
To start off i am 6'1" and 114kg ready to fly
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Pistongone,
Your numbers put you at about 95th percentile level in the adult male population.
I'm involved with crash testing where the 50th percentile adult male dummy was originally set in the 60s/70s as 69" tall and 170lb. More recently this has been revised upwards to 80kg (176 lb).
If you want to see wher you fit amongst some more recent anthropometric data, there's some for men, women and children at http://mreed.umtri.umich.edu/mreed/d...NESIII/Tables/
I squeeze in on the lean side of average at 70kg and 178cm unkitted.
Your numbers put you at about 95th percentile level in the adult male population.
I'm involved with crash testing where the 50th percentile adult male dummy was originally set in the 60s/70s as 69" tall and 170lb. More recently this has been revised upwards to 80kg (176 lb).
If you want to see wher you fit amongst some more recent anthropometric data, there's some for men, women and children at http://mreed.umtri.umich.edu/mreed/d...NESIII/Tables/
I squeeze in on the lean side of average at 70kg and 178cm unkitted.
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5'10'' and 84kgs ready to go, although a recent bout of Gastro enteritis has put a considerable dent in that, and I currently weigh in at 79kgs! An excellent illness if you're on the limits of your a/c's MAUW 
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It would appear i have a very economical metabolism then As in i use much less of the fuel i put in than the average bear!(which i must confess to sharing Bose's choice of menu)
So we have a max pax of 114kg
A min pax of 70kg
A median pax of 87.34kg
Interestingly thats an average of 1.25kg/inch!!
The lowest being MArk1@ 0.99kg/inch
The highest being [email protected]/inch
So the kg/inch average is as near as darn it smack in the middle!
We need some more responses to make this a valid study, so come on lads/ladys dont be shy.
The allowance per pax on an airline is 77kg i think, i will confere with my friend who fly's with Excell at the mo, but i seem to recall this figure!
Also interesting stuff Mark1, but do you think these tables are skewed with the BMI index? My wife, who is in fashion said most people wouldnt satisfy these parameters. EG someone like Joe Callzaghi would be classed as obese I wouldnt want to be the one imparting that info to him The norm is much more likely to be in the size 12, for ladies, than the size 8 that would be BMI prefered.
Keep em coming please.
Missed you airborn, will redo numbers soon
As in i use much less of the fuel i put in than the average bear!(which i must confess to sharing Bose's choice of menu)So we have a max pax of 114kg
A min pax of 70kg
A median pax of 87.34kg
Interestingly thats an average of 1.25kg/inch!!
The lowest being MArk1@ 0.99kg/inch
The highest being [email protected]/inch
So the kg/inch average is as near as darn it smack in the middle!
We need some more responses to make this a valid study, so come on lads/ladys dont be shy.
The allowance per pax on an airline is 77kg i think, i will confere with my friend who fly's with Excell at the mo, but i seem to recall this figure!
Also interesting stuff Mark1, but do you think these tables are skewed with the BMI index? My wife, who is in fashion said most people wouldnt satisfy these parameters. EG someone like Joe Callzaghi would be classed as obese
I wouldnt want to be the one imparting that info to him The norm is much more likely to be in the size 12, for ladies, than the size 8 that would be BMI prefered.Keep em coming please.
Missed you airborn, will redo numbers soon
Last edited by pistongone; 30th April 2008 at 15:59. Reason: Too much work to do so mist airbornes reply, will re calc when ten or more reply's
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I weigh in a shade under 70kg sans handbag - BMI comfortably in the "normal" range..........taller than average, I suppose, but I'm no supermodel.
To my mind the BMI index works well for women but is unfair towards a lot of muscular men. My Beloved is close to the height/weight of Frank Bruno when he was fighting....but apparently he is "obese"
Pilots, as a group, are likely to be slightly heavier than "average" being skewed towards the middle-aged, higher income, desk jockey type. Or do I do them an injustice?
To my mind the BMI index works well for women but is unfair towards a lot of muscular men. My Beloved is close to the height/weight of Frank Bruno when he was fighting....but apparently he is "obese"
Pilots, as a group, are likely to be slightly heavier than "average" being skewed towards the middle-aged, higher income, desk jockey type. Or do I do them an injustice?
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From: Canada
Male 183 cm 78 Kg. Of note Transport Canada revised the standard weights for air transport operations. A standard male (winter) went from 184 lbs to 200 lbs (90.9kg). My experience is that even 200 lbs is not an accurate average weight if I am flying Americans.
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This thread is a covert attempt to find who here is female and worth meeting up with 
Anyway: 5ft9 and 76kg.
You have to go for foreign women Mine doesn't actually come from Eastern Europe but that would be a very good start.
I think that is self evident from just hanging around any airfield. But 'average' is a fast moving target these days...
Anyway: 5ft9 and 76kg.
IO540 states on another thread that his girlfriend weighs 45kg. I would like to know where I can pick up some of this Totty from.....
Mine doesn't actually come from Eastern Europe but that would be a very good start.
Pilots, as a group, are likely to be slightly heavier than "average" being skewed towards the middle-aged, higher income, desk jockey type. Or do I do them an injustice?