FBOs

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Montgomery County Aviation at KLOM’s Wings Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. AVweb reader Brett Justus recommended the FBO, telling us that “‘Brotherly Service’ is abundant at this FBO”: I received exceptional service all the way around. Most notably, though, I […]

Overhead, the massive, wide-chord blades begin rotating. Behind me the whine of the turbine builds as Walt Plentis goes through the start sequence and the 1800 horses of the Lycoming T53 collectively ask if we know what we’re doing, if we really want to wake them up to power a two-place aircraft. Walt assures them […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Monaco Air at Duluth International Airport (KDLH) in Duluth, Minnesota. AVweb reader Armand Bendersky recommended the FBO for its friendliness and careful preparations, calling Monaco “a first-class operation with first-class folks”: [W]hen I told Holly were we were staying, […]

It was a nice, sunny day at home. A day off with great weather can be a rarity where I live and I intended to enjoy it to the full. My neighbor and fellow pilot, Chad, and I had one appointment to attend to before we headed out to play tennis. Apparently, there is such […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Antrim County Airport at KACB in Bellaire, Michigan. AVweb reader Stan Prevost flies into KACB several times a year, and he tells us it’s always a pleasant experience, accompanied by a warm welcome. Here’s how Stan was greeted on […]

A highly successful manufacturer of personal airplanes displayed a big banner at AirVenture last summer that read, “Life without flight delays or cancellations.” Obviously this company was marketing to people who fly for business or long-distance personal transportation. Since I travel frequently by airline to train pilots fortunate enough to own their own airplane, the […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Heartland Aviation at KEAU in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. AVweb reader Mark Griffith was preparing to leave Eau Claire when his alternator failed: Unable to make the one-hour flight back to Rochester and realizing that the FBO had just closed, […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Panorama Flight Service at Westchester County Airport (KHPN) in White Plains, N.Y. “Panorama Flight Service goes out of their way to serve pilots and passengers,” according to AVweb reader George Samara, who also raved about the princely treatment he […]

The Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport was days and many miles away from the chair to which I was affixing myself with a seat belt and shoulder harness. I had foolishly started my travels via a ground conveyance that had proven its utility by breaking down rather spectacularly in rural Missouri. I managed the […]

Studs Terkel: We’re seated here, two old gaffers. Me and Paul Tibbets, 89 years old, brigadier-general retired, in his home town of Columbus, Ohio, where he has lived for many years. Paul Tibbets: Hey, you’ve got to correct that. I’m only 87. You said 89. Studs Terkel: I know. See, I’m 90. So I got […]