flyingcheesehead
Touchdown! Greaser!
Any other owners get the postcard in the mail asking you to complete the survey online? I did this year, for the first time ever.
I had always thought that the FAA estimates of hours flown were based on fuel sales. I forget where I heard that (*coughPOA*) but apparently there's more to it.
There were quite a few questions. It asked about total hours flown of course, but also:
* Type of usage, everything from personal/recreational and business to aerial application, charter, and about a dozen other commercial uses
* Installed equipment, mainly ADS-B and GPS capabilities (VFR, IFR enroute, down several steps to LPV approach capable)
* What state most of the flying was done in
* What percentage of the hours were flown on an IFR flight plan, VFR flight plan, or no flight plan
Now I'm curious exactly how all that is used.
Results of past years' surveys are available here: https://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/general_aviation/
I had always thought that the FAA estimates of hours flown were based on fuel sales. I forget where I heard that (*coughPOA*) but apparently there's more to it.
There were quite a few questions. It asked about total hours flown of course, but also:
* Type of usage, everything from personal/recreational and business to aerial application, charter, and about a dozen other commercial uses
* Installed equipment, mainly ADS-B and GPS capabilities (VFR, IFR enroute, down several steps to LPV approach capable)
* What state most of the flying was done in
* What percentage of the hours were flown on an IFR flight plan, VFR flight plan, or no flight plan
Now I'm curious exactly how all that is used.
Results of past years' surveys are available here: https://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/general_aviation/