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Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Signature Flight Support at KSNA in Santa Ana, California. AVweb reader Robert Parker recommended the FBO with one of the finest lines we’ve read in a while: [W]hen a family in a Bonanza drops in for a weekend visit […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Today’s “Video of the Week” comes from AVweb readers Scott Ross and Chuck Jansen. After Chuck lost an engine in his Arrow, the two recreated the frightening experience in video, using a flight-simulator and radar screens to show what happened and mixing in audio from the ATC tower and a […]

Submit a Photo |Rules |Tips |Questions |Past Winners Each week, we go through dozens (and sometimes hundreds) of reader-submitted photos and pick the very best to share with you on Thursday mornings. The top photos are featured on AVweb‘s home page, and one photo that stands above the others is awarded an AVweb baseball cap […]

The U.S. Navy successfully shot down a malfunctioning school bus-sized spy satellite Wednesday. An anti-ballistic missile fired from a ship was used to hit the satellite, which officials say will begin to reenter the atmosphere almost immediately… BBC News was reporting late Wednesday that one of two Air Force F-15 pilots plucked from the Gulf […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive A couple of weeks ago, we ran a pretty impressive video of some Alaskan pilots doing short-runway take-offs. This week, we offer up something that can only be described as the opposite – a Russian Ilyushin IL76 freighter making the most of a runway that seems nail-bitingly short in this […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs You guys have been doing a lot of flying lately! We received more “FBO of the Week” nominations over the last seven days than we have in months. Despite some outstanding recommendations, we’re awarding our “FBO of the Week” ribbon to the FBO at Santa Ynez Airport […]

Submit a Photo | Rules | Tips | Questions | Past Winners Each week, we go through dozens (and sometimes hundreds) of reader-submitted photos and pick the very best to share with you on Thursday mornings.  The top photos are featured on AVweb‘s home page, and one photo that stands above the others is awarded […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to the FBO at North Las Vegas Airport (VGT) in Las Vegas, Nevada. AVweb‘s own Mike Busch has nominated these folks before, pointing out that “the same customer service people have been working there for as long as I can […]

Submit a Photo |Rules |Tips |Questions |Past Winners Each week, we go through dozens (and sometimes hundreds) of reader-submitted photos and pick the very best to share with you on Thursday mornings. The top photos are featured on AVweb‘s home page, and one photo that stands above the others is awarded an AVweb baseball cap […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to American Aviation West at KPGA in Page, Arizona. According to AVweb reader Scott A. Hauert, “These folks embody the spirit of aviators helping aviators” – and after hearing his story, we tend to agree. Scott arrived early the morning […]