Flying style

Pilots grouped by how alike their flying was.

Analysis computed

The groups are flying style, and not score. The spread of ranks in each group shows where that style paid and where it did not.

Group A — Fast gliders

15 pilots · ranks 1–30 · median 8 · middle half 4.5–16

High — Glide speed between climbs group median P86 in this field (68.8 kilometres per hour) · usually a strength
High — How often leaving the gaggle paid off group median P84 in this field (100 percent)
High — Glide L/D against the field median group median P83 in this field (1.06 ratio) · usually a strength
High — Time spent flying with a gaggle group median P82 in this field (54 percent)

1. Olav Opsanger (most typical of this group)
2. Rory Duncan
3. Jochen Zeischka
4. Mitch Butler
5. Jon Durand
6. Scott Barrett
7. Gordon Rigg
8. Pawel Cedro
9. Steve Docherty
11. Paul Bissett-Amess
14. Vic Hare
18. Peter Adriaans
21. Bruce Atkinson
22. Todd Wisewould
30. Peter Burkitt

Group B — Lift keepers

34 pilots · ranks 10–49 · median 32.5 · middle half 23.3–40.8

High — Share of the flight spent in air that wasn’t sinking group median P68 in this field (60 percent)
Low — Glide L/D against the field median group median P34 in this field (0.94 ratio) · usually costly
Low — Distance covered between climbs group median P34 in this field (1.5 kilometres) · usually costly

10. Trent Brown
12. Rohan Holtkamp
13. Neale Halsall
15. Rich Reinauer
16. Tony Cross
17. Gary Herman
19. Neil Hooke
20. Nils Vesk
23. Guy Hubbard
24. Dustan Hansen
25. Steve Blenkinsop
26. Stuart Cathcart
27. Steven Crosby
28. David Drabble (most typical of this group)
29. Ken Millard
31. Ian Miller
32. John Harriott
33. Michael Free
34. Ben Torrance
35. Cedric Joyce
36. Grant Tatham
37. Ward Gunn
38. Tushar Pokle
39. Enda Carrigan
40. Troy Horton
41. Andrew Sutton
42. Mark Jeffree
43. Bobby Gillham
44. Gavin Nicholls
45. Jason Lannstrom
46. Adrian Connor
47. Diego Mendonca
48. Neill Hollingsworth
49. Peter Garrone

Not clustered: 50. Ryan Brown — only 12 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 51. Brett Davis — only 10 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 52. Marty Hearne — only 3 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 53. Wayne Johnston — only 5 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

49 pilots on 21 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.