Question of the Week

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers for their opinion on the FAA’s proposed revisions to the Hudson River Exclusion Area (EA). AOPA and NBAA have already expressed approval of the FAA recommendations, and now a whopping majority of AVweb readers add their voices to the chorus: […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked if more manufacturers should be granted the same latitude as Boeing to self-certify parts and processes – or perhaps even wider powers of self-certification. Judging by the response to last week’s Question, reader opinions on this subject run the gamut. A narrow […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** With Barack Obama on vacation under a Presidential TFR at Martha’s Vineyard this week, we’ve asked AVweb readers what they think of Temporary Flight Restrictions. Not much, as it turns out. 60% of those who took time to answer last week’s Question said TFRs provide little […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Following the midair collision of a helicopter and a Piper Saratoga, calls have gone out for tighter regulation in New York City’s Hudson River VFR corridor. Last Thursday, we asked AVweb readers for their opinion. Your answers were neck-and-neck, with 45% of those who responded saying […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, GAMA released some sobering numbers about aircraft orders (and cancellations) for the current year. In response, we asked AVweb readers to predict when we might see the bottom of the current downturn for aviation. Reader responses ran the gamut of possible choices. The most […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** In the week leading up to EAA AirVenture, we asked which of the four major attractions at this year’s show you were most excited about seeing. The most-anticipated attraction among AVweb readers turned out to be WhiteKnightTwo/Mothership Eve, which cornered 24% of your responses. Least anticipated? […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked which aviation trade shows you’d be attending (or have already attended) in 2009. We were a bit surprised by the responses – mostly by the fact that 63% of those who responded aren’t attending any trade shows this year. The next largest […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked which air shows you’ll be attending (or have already attended) this year. To no one’s surprise, the most popular single event is EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh (barely a week away!). 26% of those who responded said they’d only be attending one show […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, in the wake of several VLJ announcements, we asked AVweb readers if there are still too many of these “personal jets” vying for space in an increasingly tough aviation market. A small segment of those who responded (only 10%) said there’s no market, and […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers to peer into their crystal balls and enlighten us as to the future of electric airplanes. The results? Not many AVweb are hopeful futurists who believe the day of combustion engines is drawing to a close – although 4% of […]