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Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Michigan Aviation at Oakland County International Airport (KPTK) in Pontiac, Michigan. AVweb reader John Keller sang their praises on his nomination form: We arrived in the CE-525 when it was 7 F with light snow. Two line personnel [were] […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Mt. Pleasant Regional Airport (OSA) in Mt. Pleasant, Texas. AVweb reader Larry Richardson writes: At OSA you get great service; a courtesy car if needed; competitive fuel prices; 6,000×100-foot runway; and always a friendly smile. Keep those nominations coming. […]
A pilot who had twice extensively damaged airplanes by flying into thunderstorms tries it a third time. This time he doesn’t live to tell about his own foolishness. Remember back to when we were student pilots, with maybe 20 hours under our belts? We all asked our instructors “How many hours do you have?” Even […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to the FBO at Walnut Ridge Regional Airport (KARG) in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. AVweb reader Harry Shannon recommended told us how the fuel prices caught his attention but the service brought him back to Walnut Ridge a second time: Moving […]
Advances in technologies and regulations mean the best mix of airplanes, simulators and other resources also is changing and will enhance your training. In recent years, the general aviation community has complained our activity has grown too complicated and, as a result, applicants for the private pilot certificate now average about 70 or so hours […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Galaxy Aviation at Northeast Florida Regional Airport (KSGJ) St. Augustine, Florida. AVweb reader David Singleton recently had a great experience at Galaxy, which he shared with us: The Beech Aero Club held a three-day event on December 7, 8, […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Wright Brothers Aviation at Mitchell Municipal Airport (KMHE) in Mitchell, South Dakota. A few weeks back, AVweb reader Dr. Steve P. Schoettle knocked us out with his story of WBA’s outstanding devotion to service: Service above and beyond […]
We are all, I suppose, victims of our own obsessions and one of mine is the notion that among the many things we don’t teach well in aviation is risk assessment. That’s not risk management, mind you, which I view as an overused buzz word, but rather a realistic grasp of what’s most likely to […]
“Kick the tires, light the fires.” So goes a popular, flippant saying about preflight inspections. Most of the time, that’s what we and various accident reports would label an “inadequate preflight inspection.” Sometimes-immediately after stopping long enough to drop off or load a passenger, for example-it might be adequate. After all, we just flew it […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Chesapeake Aviation Services at Lee Airport (KANP) in Edgewater, Maryland. AVweb reader Steven Oxman recommended the FBO: Chesapeake takes care of aircraft problems in the shortest time I have ever seen. Keep those nominations coming. For complete contest rules, […]
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