Blustery Saturday afternoon, no flying, don't feel like working in the shop or hangar. Might as well bust some numbers.

This is a summary of the new Experimental Amateur-Built aircraft added to the FAA registry in 2014. It includes only those types that constituted 2% or more of the new homebuilts added. The percentage of the total homebuilts added is also given.

Challenger 23 (2.1%)
Just 26 (2.4%)
Kitfox 28 (2.6%)
Lancair 33 (3.0%)
RANS 31 (2.9%)
Sonex 40 (3.7%) Includes 14 Onex, 8 Waiex
Vans 259 (23.9%) Includes 71 RV-7, 53 RV-8, 36 RV-9, 36 RV-10, 32 RV-6 and smaller numbers of other types
(RV numbers include both taildragger and nosegear versions)
Zenair 83 (7.7%) Includes 43 CH-750, 16 CH-601, 12 CH-701, and smaller numbers of other types

This isn't truly the "best sellers for 2014," as the kits for these airplanes had been actually sold several years earlier. But it's a handy term.

Total of 1084 homebuilts added to the roster.

Ron Wanttaja