FBOs

Pick-up times can come awful early when you are laying over in Manhattan and departing out of Newark. Our 6 a.m. departure for Los Angeles from EWR necessitated a 3:45 a.m. pick-up at the “Mildew Plaza” on 7th Avenue. Our normal pick-up times in Manhattan are an hour and a half before report time, but […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb reader Dick Bicknell couldn’t find enough nice things to say about this week’s “FBO of the Week” winner – Parlin Field Airport (2B3) in Newport, New Hampshire. Six or so years ago, while searching for low fuel prices, we discovered a perfect gem of an airport […]

Most of us taxied an airplane on our very first flying lesson. After a period when we learned part of what our feet do in airplanes (a much longer lesson in tailwheel aircraft), taxiing became second nature, quickly becoming an assumed part of our aeronautical skill set and falling out of the lesson plan and […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Today, AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Landmark Aviation at KORF in Norfolk, Virginia, which was recommended to us by AVweb readers David & Roberta McKenna, who write: The line staff and front counter girls were outstanding, giving [us] a truly excellent experience. We were […]

I don’t know if it set a record, but it snowed here every day save one in February, so most of the action at the virtual airport was in the Pilot’s Lounge, where students and experienced pilots alike colorfully expressed their preference to be flying and their frustration with the elements.I confess to being among […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Blue Diamond Aviation at Russellville Municipal Airport (M22) in Russellville, Alabama. AVweb reader Robby Bendall calls the FBO “a welcome stop for anyone,” recounting how he and a friend have made it their base of operations while airplane shopping: […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Out of the Blue Aviation at KAWO in Arlington, Washington. According to AVweb reader Jeanne Howe, Out of the Blue “has it all”: There is a comfortable lounge with great espresso, pilot supplies and top-notch instructors. Owner Cathy Mighell […]

A folded newspaper fell into my lap as I was sitting in the “king seat” awaiting pushback in Newark. It was a USA Today with the headline, “Two Biggest Airlines Set to Merge,” appearing above the fold. My co-pilot, Chet, had dropped it onto my dormant daddy parts and then flopped into his own lambs-wool […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Tropical Aviation Corp. at Isla Grande’s Fernando Rivas Dominicci Airport (TJIG) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. AVweb reader Robin Fraser made a compelling case, insisting that Tropical “was the best FBO we used in an entire month of cross-country […]

“VFR Flight Not Recommended.” How often have you heard this phrase and flew anyway, to find conditions perfectly safe? And how many times have you heeded the warning and canceled, only to see perfectly flyable weather? Yet there are times the admonition proves wise, and “on the edge” conditions grew just enough worse to make […]