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3.2.6 Type of flying performed in ABE <strong>aircraft</strong><br />
3.3 Aircraft<br />
The type of flying the pilot performed in ABE <strong>aircraft</strong> is recorded in Figure 23. The<br />
majority of ABE pilots either flew locally or performed touring (about 40 per cent<br />
each). Close to 10 per cent performed sports or aerobatics, <strong>and</strong> about seven per cent<br />
performed other types of flying. The other category included combinations of local,<br />
touring, aerobatics, or business (such as <strong>aircraft</strong> flying to bush medical clinics), <strong>and</strong><br />
commuting.<br />
Figure 23: Type of flying performed in ABE <strong>aircraft</strong><br />
3.3.1 Aircraft types <strong>and</strong> models<br />
Aircraft type<br />
As can be seen in Figure 24, the vast majority of <strong>aircraft</strong> referred to in this survey<br />
were fixed-wing monoplanes (91 per cent). A small number of <strong>aircraft</strong> were canard<br />
designs, with Rutan, Quickie <strong>and</strong> Viking <strong>aircraft</strong> being examples of this category of<br />
<strong>aircraft</strong> on the VH- register. With a canard <strong>aircraft</strong>, the tailplane is ahead of the<br />
main wing. Only one per cent of respondents owned helicopters.<br />
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