Survey of Aircraft in California -------------------------------- Conclusions: Of the California fleet, 1% is twin turboprop, 10% is twin, 10% is tailwheel, 25% is an exact FBO type plane, and the top 4 manufacturers made 60% of the airplanes. Cirrus, Katana, and Diamond have less than 50 planes in CA, representing .2% while Cessna represents 30%. Jets - Cessna ------------- 500 12 525 23 550 32 560 30 650 12 Total 109 Turboprops ---------- Beech 90 52 King Air 99 41 Airliner Ameriflight/Fleet Capitol/Banc of America 1900 35 100 10 King Air 200 82 Super King Air 300 17 Super King Air Cessna 441 22 Conquest Piper 31-350 71 Navajo Total: 330 Conclusion: Co-pilot a Beech 200 Piston ------ Beech 55 206 Baron 58 115 Baron Foxstar 60 21 Duke 76 48 Duchess 95 241 TravelAir Cessna 310 334 340 95 401/402 263 414 101 Chancellor 421 164 Commander/Rockwell 500 31 560 25 680 58 690 23 Piper 23 266 Apache/Aztec 30 108 Comanche 31-310 44 Navajo 34 156 Seneca 44 26 Seminole Total: 2325 Five twins have over 200 planes in CA: Baron TravelAir 310 402 Apache/Aztec Best Trainers: Apache/Seneca/310, Duchess and Seminole too rare Currently: 5 hours in TravelAir/Seneca/Duchess/Seminole/AC560 some time in Baron/402/Twin Otter/737 sim Totals: ------- California 36,382 Cessna 11,198 Piper 5467 Beech 3298 Mooney 1006 Boeing 636 Grumman/AG 582 Bellanca 530 Aeronca/AC 369 Rockwell/Aero 414 Robinson 313 Total: 23,813 or 66% http://162.58.35.241/aadatabase/aalogin.asp Tailwheel: ---------- Cessna 120/140 445 Aeronca/AC 369 Aeronca model7 231 Bellanca 7/8 267 Piper J series 369 Taylorcraft 293 Cessna 170 298 Cessna 180 251 Cessna 195 74 Tri-traveler 7AC ? Total: 2366 Most Popular: ------------- Cessna 172 2433 Cessna 182 1840 Cessna 150 1440 Cessna 152 564 Piper PA-28 2230 Total: 8507