Toland was hooked by aviation as a grade schooler. He later earned degrees in business and law and demonstrated a special affection for aviation insurance.

Cause & Circumstance has appeared on these pages for over 30 years and, of course, will continue to be right here every month.

Selected accidents and incidents, October 2019. The NTSB information is preliminary.

The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in November 2019.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Marubeni Aerospace is bidding to supply a Gulfstream G550 to the Japan Coast Guard, which has two GVs for maritime patrol but needs a third aircraft to guarantee availability.

Honeywell has invested in Swiss startup Daedalean, which is developing artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled flight control for autonomous aircraft.

The UK government is to provide 50% of the cost of a 30-month, £18 million ($23.3 million) demonstrator project to convert the nine-passenger Britten-Normal Islander to hybrid-electric propulsion for short-range flights such as interisland routes.