FBOs

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Galaxy Air Services at Lone Star Executive Airport (CXO) in Conroe, Texas. AVweb reader David Hertz described a nightmare lay-over in Conroe that was made a little easier by the dream team at Galaxy: We were on our way […]

Things have been kind of busy, so my visits to the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport have been carried out at low cruise. I was present long enough recently to hear a student describing to his instructor what he had learned after having some difficulty with crosswind landings. She listened patiently as his recital […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Pecos Air Center at KPEQ in Pecos, Texas. AVweb reader Jeffrey B. Chipetine called the FBO “a terrific stop on the way home to New York from California”: [I] called in on Unicom (45 miles out from 13.5K) as […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Don Davis Aviation at Henderson County Airport (KEHR) in Henderson, Kentucky. AVweb reader George Samara recommended this week’s winner, writing: This airport team goes out of their way to please and accommodate a visiting pilot … [everyone from] the […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to the FBO at John H. Batten International Airport (KRAC) in Racine, Wisconsin. We’ve heard quite a few nice things about Batten Airport recently, but one of the earliest comments came from AVweb reader A. M. Radel, who wrote: The […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs This week, we stretch the definition of “FBO of the Week” just a tiny bit to allow for a nomination we couldn’t resist. AVweb reader Abbott de Rham couldn’t say enough about his experience at Palmetto Aviation Repair on St. Simons Island, Georgia (SSI). While he gives […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Triangle Aviation at KLEE in Leesburg, Florida. AVweb reader Dave Wilson had a top-notch experience there recently and wrote to share the details: [Owner] Neil Fisher was on the ramp to assist in parking my Bonanza; his friendly and […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Volo Aviation at KEFD in Houston, Texas. AVweb reader Brian Hunnell recommended the FBO for making an Angel Flight go as smoothly as possible: I called the folks at Volo Aviation [during preflight, and] … they informed me that […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Winnemucca Flying Service at KWMC in Winnemucca, Nevada. AVweb reader Mick Collins told us about the FBO last week: We had a group flight (eight planes) land at KWMC … for an overnight. Buster and his crew performed flawlessly […]

One of the hardest parts of flying instruments is making the transition from on-the-gauges to visual flight at the missed approach point. Visual and instrument pilots also have difficulty at times landing in the proper touchdown zone because they’re too fast or too slow on final. One way to make safe, consistent landings, and to […]