Aviation Consumer

Mooney TLS

Subscribers Only You want fast? The TLS/Bravo fits the bill, albeit with none of the miserly efficiency that’s Mooney’s usual claim to fame.

A PFD Takes Flight

Subscribers Only Avidyne’s Entegra primary flight display is easy to use and has a stunning display, not to mention a price to match.

GPS Training Wheels

Subscribers Only If you can’t learn to run your GPS and fly the airplane at the same time, these two computer programs can help.

Six-Place Safety Review

Subscribers Only In this group, the Beechcraft 36-series seems to shine, with an admirably low overall accident rate.

Fixing the Mirage

Subscribers Only As Lycoming struggles to right itself, Enhanced Flight Group is engineering fixes for the Mirage’s troubled engine.

Lycoming Under Siege

Subscribers Only With owners hopping mad over aircraft grounded with bad crankshafts, Lycoming struggles to contain the damage.

Letters: 12/02

No Toyota For Me I read all of the articles in Aviation Consumer and your sister publications and usually find them interesting. I never (until now) felt it was important to reply to an article. I’m sorry, Paul Bertorelli, but I won’t be standing in line to buy one of the Toyota aircraft, even if it is actually produced. Don’t know who A. Sandy Munro is and don’t care. If it is fine with him to have another country drop their excess production in the U.S. produced by employees who make next to nothing in their own country, so be it. It isn’t fine with me. Even if they partially assemble (as with autos) in this country, I won’t be there buying one. If insurance costs are...