FBOs

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Tunica Air Center at UTA in Tunica, Mississippi. AVweb reader Steve Spinney did his research before a 600-mile flight and learned about the FBO online: I started by checking out their web site and also called and asked a […]

The airplane may not know it’s dark, but the pilot does, and the accident record shows it. AVweb‘s Thomas P. Turner helps reduce the risk of night flight. Added Risk Countering the argument that “The airplane doesn’t know if it’s light or dark,” the record clearly shows a greater number of aircraft accidents at night. […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to an FBO at Warrensburg, Missouri’s Skyhaven Airport (KRCM) run by the Department of Aviation at the University of Central Missouri. AVweb reader Ryan Sanders gave the location his hearty recommendation: I cannot say enough about this FBO. I get […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Galaxy Aviation at KSUA in Stuart, Florida. AVweb reader Adam Green recommended the FBO: Enroute VFR and had to divert to Stuart due to weather. Galaxy’s line guys were ready to greet us, and promptly helped us out of […]

We had our “Hey, Let’s Have a Barbeque” barbeque at the virtual airport recently. Of course it rained. I had retreated indoors to the Pilot’s Lounge, where pilots were blasting the TSA for its most recent screw-up. They were wondering how an organization that hired morons who climbed on TAT probes marked “No Step” while […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Traveling AVweb readers have recommended many FBOs to us this week. If you’d like to see your favorite FBO spotlighted here next Monday, recommend them using our online form. Our latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to McDonald-Gregory Aviation at Danville-Boyle County Airport in Danville, Kentucky. […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Stout Flying Service at Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport (KLWS) in Lewiston, Idaho. AVweb reader Steve Cronje gave the FBO “a big thumbs up” for going above-and-beyond to correct an honest mistake. While visiting the FBO, Steve received a […]

There is no cockpit seat in our airline more uncomfortable and embarrassing than the jumpseat on the MD-88.First, it isn’t really a seat so much as a giant, Chiclet-shaped, folded cushion that is hung in the cockpit by the most secure and opening-proof, metallic click-lock ever invented in this or any other universe. To release […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb readers logged some serious time this week, with many recommending FBOs they visited during their travels. Frank Ladd called our attention to Indiana’s Montgomery Aviation, which he praises for taking the “big gamble” of opening an FBO location at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Peru, Indiana. […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Althought it’s still a relatively new FBO, Air 51 in Lexington, Kentucky keeps popping up on our radar. The latest recommendation comes from AVweb reader Don Hagedorn, who calls this popular pit stop the “best FBO I have ever visited,” prompting us break with tradition and make […]