PMSC 2013 Statistics

Club Glider Usage:

67 (SGS 2-33) - 226 flights, 92 hours
3J (SGS 1-23) - 71 flights, 65 hours
BA (Blanik L-23) - 64 flights, 40 hours
PM (HpH 304c) - 47 flights, 74 hours

Total - 408 flights, 270 hours

Tow Plane Usage*:

PMSC Birddog - 549 (57 were at Wave Camp)
NESA - 23 tows
GBSC - 3 tows

Total - 575 tows


Usage of PMSC Tow Plane**:

383 to club gliders (11 at Wave Camp) - 70%
125 to members private gliders (5 at Wave Camp) - 23%
41 to non members at Wave Camp (41 at Wave Camp) - 7%

Total - 549 (57 at Wave Camp, 10%)

* number of tows billed through PMSC (includes tows by GBSC and NESA)
** number of tows by PMSC's tow plane
 

PMSC 2012 Statistics

Club Glider Usage:
PI (Blanik L-23) - 205 flights, 107 hours
PM (HpH 304c) - 75 flights, 138 hours
3J (SGS 1-23) - 61 flights, 69 hours
67 (SGS 2-33) - 65 flights, 31 hours
67 (SGS 2-33) - 44 flights, 23 hours - flown by Sugarbush Soaring Youth Camp

Total - 450 flights, 368 hours

Towplane Usage:
PMSC Birddog - 501 tows
Sugarbush - 46 tows
NESA - 9 tows
GBSC - 14 tows

Total* - 570 tows

Pilot Milestones (did I miss anything?):
First Solos - 4 (Sam, Greg, Dan, Dennis)
New Licenses - 1 (Greg)
Gold Badges - 3 (Tony, Thomas, Tim)
FAI 750Km Diploma - 1 (Evan)
NH State Records - 9 (Evan)
VT State Records - a bunch pending (Evan)

It was a great accident free year!

Tim
*number of tows to PMSC gliders and PMSC members billed through PMSC

Club Statistics for 2011

We had a slow year compared to last year...

SGS 2-33: 62 flts 60:15 hrs (Average 0:58 hrs/flt)

Super Blanik L-23: 5 flts 8:30 hrs (Average 1:42 hrs/flt)

SGS 1-23: 39 flts 36:53 hrs (Average 0:57 hrs/flt)

HPH 304: 48 flts 86:31 hrs (Average 1:48 hrs/flt)

All club gliders: 154 flts 192:19 hrs (Average 1:15 hrs/flt)

For Comparison 2010 totals were:

All club gliders: 419 flts 309:00 hrs (Average 0:44 hrs/flt)

Towplane Usage:

Tows to Club Members (includes encampments): 233 (including 26 tows by Stowe and NESA)

Tows by our Birddog: 234 (including 24 to non-members)

Altitude Towed by our Birddog: 654,300' (124 miles)

Busiest Tow Pilot: Andy L. - 127 tows

Most Tows Given in a Day: 13 (on 10/8/11)

Most Tows by a Pilot in a Day: Andy L - 13 (on 10/8/11)

Instruction:

Formal Dual Instructional Flights - 24

Formal Dual Instructional Flight Time - 17:14 hrs

Busiest Instructor: Rick - 24 flights

Number of First Solo: 1

Number of New Pilot Certificates: 0

More Statistics

Here is a table showing club data since 2002:

Club Statistics for 2010

Total Club Glider Usage:

SGS 2-33: 156 flts 55:21 hrs (Average 0:22 hrs/flt)

Blanik L-13: 134 flts 74:23 hrs (Average 0:33 hrs/flt)

SGS 1-23: 71 flts 78:23 hrs (Average 1:06 hrs/flt)

HPH 304: 58 flts 100:54 hrs (Average 1:44 hrs/flt)

All club gliders: 419 flts 309 hrs (Average 0:44 hrs/flt)

Towplane Usage:

Tows to Club Members (includes encampments): 555

Tows by our Birddog: 510

Altitude Towed by our Birddog: 1,035,500 feet (196 miles)

Busiest Tow Pilot: Evan - 108 tows*

Most Tows Given in a Day: 23 (on July 3, 3 were by FSA)

Most Tows by a Pilot in a Day: Evan - 19 (on August 8)

Instruction:

Formal Dual Instructional Flights - 125

Formal Dual Instructional Flight Time - 36:29 hrs

Busiest Instructor: Thomas - 88 flights**

Number of First Solo: 2

Number of New Pilot Certificates: 2

Accidents:

Total: 0

* maybe the first time in PMSC history this distinction does not belong to Andy

** maybe the first time in PMSC history this distinction does not belong to Rick

Cross-country kilometers

Statistics

We are having a great season so far!

2-33: 117 flights 42:02 hours

Blanik: 134 flights 73:33 hours

1-23: 51 flights 54:28 hours

304C: 35 flights 63:03 hours

Total for Club Gliders: 337 flights 233:06 hours

Total number of Tows: 434

Tim

PMSC Accounts for 40% of All "Add-On" Ratings in the US

The FAA says in 2009 there are 29,131 domestic glider pilots. They give the above statistics (reported by SSA) for new glider pilot ratings and classify them by "glider only" or "add-on" ratings. It shows the total glider "add-on" ratings as 10 for 2009. In 2009 PMSC had the following add-ons: Pete, Matt, Bill and Tim. PMSC and Rick Sheppe accounted for 40% (4/10) of all "add-on" ratings in the USA for 2009! Congratulations Rick!

Tim

SSA cited table 17 and 18 here.

Usage Statistics Through June

Here are the totals for the club ships so far this season:

Total tows -168

L-13 63 flts 33:55 hrs

2-33 36 flts 12:33 hrs

304 11 flts 20:43 hrs

1-23 13 flts 11:57 hrs

total for club gliders 123 flts 79:08 hours

Tim

Statistics for April/May

Here are the totals for the club ships so far this season:

Total tows - 97

L-13 42 flts 21:51 hrs

2-33 14 flts 5:49 hrs

304 8 flts 12:37 hrs

1-23 8 flts 10:15 hrs

total for club gliders 72 flts 50:32 hours

Thanks for filling out the log sheets. They have been pretty complete.

Tim

Cross-country kilometers