Question of the Week: NextGen Avionics Subsidies to Prepare for ADS-B?

Editorial Staff

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Results from a previous poll indicate *AVweb* readers are evenly split on Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) purchases, with one-third having no plans, one-third undecided, and one-third owning or planning to buy within five years.
This week's poll asks whether low-interest government loans for NextGen avionics upgrades, as proposed in Alaska, should be extended to aircraft owners in other states or if the government should be more involved.

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This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers

PREVIOUS RESULTS ***

With the letters LSA on everyone’s lips following the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, we thought last week would be as good a time as any to ask when AVweb readers might make their first light sport aircraft purchase.

At press time, your responses to our question are pretty evenly split, with a third of readers telling they don’t ever plan to buy one, a third saying We’ll see how it goes, and another third either owning an LSA now or planning to buy one in the next five years.

For the complete breakdown of reader answers,click here.
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THIS WEEK’S QUESTION ***

The Governor of Alaska is proposing that aircraft owners be offered low-interest loans to equip their aircraft with avionics that will be required under the FAA’s NextGen airspace management system. Should similar subsidies be offered to owners in Hawaii and the Lower 48, or should the government be even more involved?

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