Down-Under Numbers
The September 2009 issue of Australian Aviation magazine contains the country’s Aircraft Census as of July 21. Some random selections:1 Airbus A319 38 Rotorway Exec 162Fs 4 Beech 17 Staggerwings 1 Bell 206A JetRanger 1 Boeing 707 111 Boeing 737s 207 de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moths 1 Douglas C-54 1 …
1 Airbus A319 38 Rotorway Exec 162Fs 4 Beech 17 Staggerwings 1 Bell 206A JetRanger 1 Boeing 707 111 Boeing 737s 207 de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moths 1 Douglas C-54 1 Hawker Sea Fury 4 Learjet 36s 1 Lockheed L414 Hudson 6 Supermarine Spitfires 252 Piper PA-28 Cherokees 2 SIAI Marchetti SF260s
Australia’s most numerous aircraft? Of the 12,477 on the registry, 1,072 are Cessna 172 Skyhawks.