Question of the Week: Of Alternative Fuels and Alternative Engines ...

Question of the Week: Of Alternative Fuels and Alternative Engines …

Editorial Staff

Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

A recent AVweb "Question of the Week" poll revealed that 83% of respondents consider "pilots making mistakes" to be the biggest cause of aviation accidents.
"Weather" was a distant second, cited by only 11% of readers as the primary cause of accidents.
This week's question asks readers for their views on the continued use of 100LL aviation fuel and the status of alternative fuel options.

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This Week’s Question | Last Week’s Results

PREVIOUS RESULTS ***

It’s been a while since our readers were so firmly united in their answers to an AVweb “Question of the Week” – but when we asked What do you think is the biggest cause of aviation accidents? last week, a full 83% of those who responded said pilots making mistakes.

Human error aside, the ever-deadly vagaries of weather came in second on our list of culprits. It wasn’t a “close second,” though – only 11% of you fingered weather as the number one cause of accidents.

For real-time results of last week’s question,click here.

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION ***

Is 100LL nearly extinct? Some would argue gasoline is almost extinct! How do you feel about being stuck burning 100LL – and what about the alternatives that still lurk tantalizingly over the horizon?

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