Thread: 2009 Registrations and Market Share

Per Dan Johnson website

Registrations thru January 2009 Market Share
FD 304 17.3%

XXXXX 120 6.8%

New registrations 2009

FD 20
XXXXX 32

FYI

But how many of those 32 ***** aircraft are registered to the importing company?

How many are registered to a distributor and still sitting and not a private owner? Plus I would like to know where are all these things are hiding. i don't ever see them.
According to what I have read someR does not approve ethanol at all.

Just thought I would toss my .02 cents in.

Good point, I have never even seen that other xxxxx thing and I've been to many airports. At any rate, FD has a huge advantage in the market share and the enthusiasim amongst owners I'm sure will help to maintain that advantage. We have around 8 between Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos,Gallup, Estancia and Los Lunas.

I just looked up it up on the FAA Aircraft Registry. Of the 121 someR registered, 36 of them are registered to someR Aircraft Inc. in Rogers, Arkansas. 34 of those are the latest model, the GX.

No wonder I don't see them anywhere. I couldn't be more happy with my CT but I must admit the new Piper is really sexy looking.

could some aerodynamicist explain to us how come THIS shows a 75% cruise of 147KIAS, when they look broadly similar to CT2K, never mind the SW and LS? Is it frontal area? having flown the motor glider version, the cabin is definitely less spacious, although I would not go so far as to say it is cramped. That difference is unreal, given that power required for flight rises with the cube of the speed.

My guess would be the lighter weight and in flight adjustable prop.

this market share thing changes very soon, with 1000 flycatcher orders in the books ! FD should give up the MC (maybe they have) and try to be the step-up LSA. - WF

They've delayed their "flycatcher" and I'm sure they have no where near their 1000 orders BUT it behoves us all to help market Flight Design as much as possible. We want these guys to stay around. They've been pretty good to us so far and we need it to stay that way!

Just my two cents!