FBOs

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to McMinnville County at KRNC in McMinnville, Tenn. AVweb reader Jerry Trachtman said the county-run facility’s staff went above and beyond: “Traveling from my home base of Melbourne, Fla., to Oshkosh, I stopped for fuel at McMinnville, Tenn. (RNC), based […]

I was awakened by a phone call from a good friend. His opening words were, “Man, am I glad to hear your voice!”My instant response to that is usually, “Oh %$#@! Who bought the farm this time?”He said, “There was a fatal Mustang accident at Camarillo this morning and I’m happy to hear you weren’t […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Corporate Wings at KCHS in Charleston, S.C. AVweb reader Val Nasano said the FBO’s staff really delivers: “I have been using Corporate Wings CHS since I started traveling to Charleston on business in 2006. I receive the same royal […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to TAC Air at KAPA in Denver, Colorado. AVweb reader Scott Brooksby raves about the service at TAC Air: “These guys were great; their self-serve fuel prices were great, and they loaned us a crewcar to go to dinner. When […]

Ladies and gentlemen, I said on the PA, I know this defies belief, but we aren’t delayed in any way today. There is no gate hold, no ATC delay, and we have all the necessary paperwork to dispatch this flight.The catering, such as it is, was placed on board 20 minutes ago and all of […]

Aviation lore is full of stories of the pilot who soloed an Aeronca Champ or Piper Cub after only four or five hours of instruction. When I started flying in the late 1970s, it was unstated but understood that something was wrong if “first solo” didn’t come in under 10 hours. As airplanes and the […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Livingston Aviation at KALO in Waterloo, Iowa. AVweb reader Mark Griffith writes, “A fellow pilot and I were on a $100 Hamburger flight from Rochester, Minnesota. When we pulled into the Livingston Aviation parking area, we were met by […]

I‘d driven out to the virtual airport before dawn on a Saturday morning. It only took moments to slip into the Pilot’s Lounge, load the coffee machine and push the start button, leave the box of fresh doughnuts I’d brought next to it and hurry out to where the Great Lakes was tied down. I […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Elliott Aviation at KMLI in Moline, Ill. AVweb reader Jim Grady likes how they treat the “liitle guy.” “Our Sunday evening arrival was literally as the staff was out the door and off duty. They returned, parked us, took […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Atlantic Aviation at KISM in Kissimmee, Florida. AVweb readers (and Cessna Pilot Society members) Dave Kalwishky, Greg Wright, Gene Cartier, Gilberto Velez-Domenech, Ray Mozingo and Keith Dorken said the facility’s staff rose to the occasion during a fly-in for […]