FBOs

Want to practice a single maneuver that can teach volumes about safely flying airplanes? Consider the steep turn — perhaps the perfect training and proficiency maneuver.Steeps turns are a required Task for all airplane pilot certificates — Recreational, Sport, Private, Commercial and Airline Transport Pilot. The Practical Test Standards (PTS) for each certificate tell the […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Rowan County Airport at KRUQ in Salisbury, N.C. AVweb reader A. Paul Giannobile said the facility always delivers. “Every time we stop here on or way to Florida, the service is friendly, the free courtesy car is always available […]

Last week we had a little celebration in the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport. One of the students passed his Private Pilot checkride, so the flight school put out soft drinks and snacks. It’s something the flight school does when someone completes a rating. I like it. I think it goes a long way […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Heartland Aviation at KEAU in Eau Claire, Wis. AVweb reader David Stone said the FBO stepped up to the plate when he had to divert due to weather. “For two months I had been planning a trip to the […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Million Air at KHHR in Hawthorne, Calif. AVweb reader Steve Hamerslag couldn’t say enough good things about this facility. “This is a new FBO on the field. When I arrived the ramp personnel were waiting to help with securing […]

On one of the mail lists I frequent, a newcomer wondered why people bothered to look outside on takeoff, and stated that he was deliberately “eyes inside,” focused on the instruments from liftoff to 1,000 AGL.Well!He got well and truly (but nicely) roasted, and a very lively discussion followed. In trying to quantify things, the […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to St. Thomas Municipal Airport at CYQS in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. AVweb reader C. Moon says he visited the FBO twice and was impressed both times. “I’ve visited St. Thomas, Ontario, twice, and both times I’ve received first-class service […]

The company had issued a call, asking that employees bring in ancient artifacts of an airline gone by — ours. The company’s museum was expanding. Now that we were almost out of bankruptcy it was time to start spending money irresponsibly again before we forgot how.The museum is a wonderful place, situated in a corner […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Atlas Aviation at KTPF in Tampa, Fla. AVweb reader Armand Bendersky says the FBO went above and beyond. “I contacted them before flying to Sun ‘n Fun, and they were friendly on the phone and went above and beyond […]

Many years ago I flew a turbocharged Beech Bonanza from Wichita, Kan., to Springfield, Mo., and return. The roughly one-hour flight to Springfield was uneventful above a building base of puffy cumulus clouds. I dropped off a passenger at his airplane, the mission for our flight, and took off again for home.On departure the skies […]