FBOs

The virtual airport, home of the Pilot’s Lounge, is much like any other little airport in the country. As with other modest, general aviation airports, we occasionally have the aeronautical version of the fender bender, where someone skitters off the side or end of a runway and comes to a somewhat ignominious halt.One of our […]

Nominate an FBO | Rules | Tips | Questions | Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to MERIDIAN, TETERBORO at KTEB, Teterboro, NJ. Offering up Meridian, ROBERT APENS told us, “FLYING IN FROM CANADA IN THE CIRRUS FOR AN “I LOVE NEW YORK” JULY 4TH WEEKEND THE PEOPLE AT THIS FBO IMPRESSED […]

You don’t land a Champ or a Luscombe in the same manner as you land a B767 or an MD-88, but the principles are the same. Both kinds of airplanes require your full attention until you have them parked, chocked and shut down.Landing a tail-dragger only begins with the touchdown. Once the tires kiss the […]

Everybody wants to move up. I guess it’s just natural. Most pilots start out flying “low and slow” and long to go higher, faster, further. The Cessna 150 turns into a 172 and then a 210, to a twin and now everybody is dreaming about a Very Light Jet (VLJ).You see it somewhat in controllers, […]

As if to make the day perfectly symmetrical, two vans pulling small trailers came scooting down the driveway, crossed the parking lot and, slowing greatly, drove down the centerfield taxiway a short distance and turned into the grass. People spilled from the doors and went swiftly to the respective trailers from which they began unloading […]