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 — Bold leavers

18 pilots · ranks 1–27 · median 9.5 · middle half 5.3–15.3

High — How often leaving the gaggle paid off group median P74 in this field (100 percent)
High — Glide speed between climbs group median P70 in this field (62.0 kilometres per hour) · usually a strength
Low — Final glide committed to when leaving the last climb group median P31 in this field (3.87 ratio)
High — Time spent flying with a gaggle group median P67 in this field (38 percent)

1. Jon Durand
2. Rohan Holtkamp
3. Peter Burkitt
4. Olav Opsanger
5. Glen Mcfarlane
6. Paul Bissett-Amess
7. Steven Crosby
8. Vic Hare
9. Rory Duncan
10. Todd Wisewould
11. Gordon Rigg
12. Craig Taylor
13. Rich Reinauer
16. Mitch Butler (most typical of this group)
17. Steve Blenkinsop
20. Nils Vesk
23. Harrison Rowntree
27. Hossain Tefaili

Group B — Stop-often flyers

11 pilots · ranks 14–29 · median 22 · middle half 18.5–25.5

Low — Distance covered between climbs group median P13 in this field (1.4 kilometres) · usually costly
High — Share of the height gain made outside thermals group median P80 in this field (13 percent)
Low — Glide L/D against the field median group median P20 in this field (0.94 ratio) · usually costly
Low — Low saves dug out from the bottom of the band group median P21 in this field (0.0 count)

14. Enda Carrigan (most typical of this group)
15. Troy Horton
18. David Drabble
19. John Harriott
21. Neil Hooke
22. Neale Halsall
24. Ward Gunn
25. Trent Brown
26. Andrew Sutton
28. Gary Herman
29. Rennick Kerr

Not clustered: 30. Stuart McElroy — only 5 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 31. Daniel Rhodes — only 9 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 32. Ivo van der Leeden — only 4 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

29 pilots on 21 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.