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GAAR Statistics
The Great Australian Air Rally 2011
(GAAR 2011)

  
For the analytically and empirical data minded or just generally interested parties, the following are the statistics from the GAAR 2011.

Total Entries:  115

Largest Aircraft Entered:  Blackburn B-101 'Beverley' (MTOW:  135,000 lb)

Smallest Aircraft Entered:  Wittman W-8 / W-10 'Tailwind' (MTOW:  1,385 lb)

Fastest Aircraft Entered:  Hawker 'Sea Fury' (Max Speed:  400 kts)

Slowest Aircraft Entered:  Sikorsky S-55 (H-19 'Chickasaw') (Max Speed:  90 kts)

Note:  All above performance data is based on real world data (as best could be found) for the specified aircraft.

Total Completed the GAAR:  93

Total Flight Legs Flown (including DNFs):  978

Total Miles Flown (including DNFs):  232,373 nm (or approx 10.74 equatorial circumnavigations)

Total Hours Flown (including DNFs):  1693.10 hrs

No. of Perfect Scores:  14 from 978 flights (1.43%)

Flight Simulator Versions

Version Qty
FS9 47
FSX 67
X-Plane 1

Aircraft Types

Aircraft Type Qty
Aero Design AC500 'Shrike Commander' 3
Aero Design AC680 1
Antonov An-2 'Annushka' 1
Avro Type 652A 'Anson' 1
Beechcraft Model 18 'Twin Beech'  (C-45 'Expeditor, AT-7 'Navigator', AT-11 'Kansan') 4
Beechcraft Model 35 'Bonanza' 1
Beechcraft Model 50 'Twin Bonanza' (L-23 'Seminole') 1
Bellanca 'Aircruiser' 1
Blackburn B-101 'Beverley' 1
Blohm & Voss BV 141 1
Bristol Type 156 'Beaufighter' 1
Bristol Type 170 'Freighter' 1
CAC CA-12 'Boomerang' 1
Cessna Model 172 'Skyhawk' (T-41 'Mescalero') 6
Cessna Model 182 'Skylane' 1
Consolidated PBY 'Catalina' 1
Convair CV-240 (C-131, R4Y 'Samaritan') 1
Curtiss-Wright C-46 'Commando' 1
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 (L-20) 'Beaver' 5
de Havilland Canada DHC-4 (C-7, CV-2) 'Caribou' 2
de Havilland DH.104 'Dove' ('Devon', 'Sea Devon') 1
de Havilland DH.89 'Dragon Rapide' 1
Douglas DC-2 (C-32, C-33, R2D) 4
Douglas DC-3 (C-47 'Skytrain', R4D 'Skytrain', C-53 'Skytrooper') 43
Douglas DC-4 (C-54 'Skymaster') 2
Fairchild C-119 'Flying Boxcar' 1
Grumman G-21 (JRF-1, OA-9) 'Goose' 7
Hawker 'Sea Fury' 1
Howard 500 2
Lockheed 'Altair' 1
Lockheed Model 10 (C-36) 'Electra' 2
Miles M.57 'Aerovan' 1
Mooney M20 1
North American NA-145 (L-17) 'Navion' 1
Percival 'Proctor' 1
Piper PA-23 (UO-1) 'Apache' / 'Aztec' 1
Polikarpov I-16 1
Republic RC-3 (OA-15) 'Seabee' 1
Saab 91 'Safir' 1
Scottish Aviation "Twin Pioneer" 1
Sikorsky S-55 (H-19 'Chickasaw') 1
Stearman-Hammond Y-1 1
Supermarine 'Spitfire' 1
Vought F4U 'Corsair' 1
Vultee V-1A 1
Wittman W-8 / W-10 'Tailwind' 1

Represented Countries

Country Qty
Australia 19
Austria 1
Bermuda 1
Bolivia 2
Canada 7
Czech Republic 1
England 2
France 4
Germany 2
Greece 1
Japan 1
Mexico 1
Netherlands 3
Nigeria 1
Philipines 2
Scotland 3
South Africa 3
Spain 1
Sweden 1
Switzerland 2
Turkey 2
United Kingdom 14
USA 41

Represented Virtual Airlines

Virtual Airline Qty
Bluegrass Airlines 20
Bourne Aviation 1
British Airways Virtual 5
CIX VFR Club 1
DC-3 Airways 35
Explorations lointaines et coups d'État 1
FlyUK Virtual Airways 2
French Airforce 1
Greenbrier Virtual Aviation 2
IVAO SA 1
Jersey Group of Airlines 1
KGB Air Droppers 1
Livewire Airlines 1
Lloyd Aereo Boliviano Virtual 2
Malaysian Airlines VA 1
Mutley's Hangar 2
N/A 21
Pacific Airways 1
SUR Air 2
Timberwolf Airways 1
Venture Hawaii 3
WestWind Airlines 10