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Question of the Week: A Toyota Airplane? AVweb wrote (QOTW, Apr. 18): Now that Honda is firmly committed to the general aviation market, it stands to reason that arch-rival Toyota will follow. Which GA market segment would you like to see Toyota enter? One potential answer should be: “None.” Why? If you examine the Japanese […]

Many years ago I flew a turbocharged Beech Bonanza from Wichita, Kan., to Springfield, Mo., and return. The roughly one-hour flight to Springfield was uneventful above a building base of puffy cumulus clouds. I dropped off a passenger at his airplane, the mission for our flight, and took off again for home.On departure the skies […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Overheard between a Cessna 310 driver and Chicago Center. Chicago Center: Cessna One Two Three Five Bravo, Ill bring you in a little high so I dont lose radar contact while vectoring you to the ILS. Do you think youll have any problem losing the necessary altitude to […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Now that HondaJet is a reality, speculation has run rampant that Honda competitor Toyota might one day (soon?) enter the general aviation market. Last week, AVweb asked readers what segment of G.A. they most thought could use a Toyota product – singles? twins? turboprops? LSA?  While […]

Nav Canada User Fees Your story is incomplete (AVwebFlash, Apr. 15). While there will be a 3% rate decrease, two other fees come into place for small aircraft at the same time (Mar. 1, 2008). A daily departure fee of $10 at seven airports, to a maximum of $1200 per year, will increase fees significantly […]

A while back I was sitting in the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport wondering what the phrase “sit back and relax” means and why in the world the airlines keep saying it to me when I’m jammed into a seat designed for an eight-year-old. My reverie was disturbed when Tom, a thirty-something businessman, walked […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” After 10 years of flying a Twin Comanche, I upgraded to a Beech Baron. With the Beechcraft Pilot Proficiency Program in Lakeland, Fla. under my belt, I advanced the throttles on my first PIC flight into Orlando airspace. Me: Orlando Approach, Baron Eight Two Four just off Lakeland, […]

Each month, AVweb publishes about a half-dozen columns on a range of aviation topics. If we do things right, these simply appear on the site, for all to read free of charge. What’s less obvious is the behind-the-scenes work and thought that goes into these columns. That’s another way of saying producing a monthly column […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** The FAA plans to extend the validity of medical certificates for pilots under 40 years of age – but is it enough, or does the FAA need to institue more medical certificate reforms? Last week, AVweb put that question to our readership, and a 52% majority […]

They were the last of the pressurized, piston, 400-series airplanes Cessna developed, and pilots and mechanics will tell you that Cessna got it right with the Models 414 and 414A. Combining spacious cabins and relatively small, efficient engines, the 414 series can carry lots of fuel or a small crowd with their belongings-but not both. […]