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Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Makings lemons out of lemonade is the sign of a great FBO, and this week, reader David Townsend tells us how the FBO at Coulter Field (KCFD) in Bryan, Texas took the sting out of an unplanned detour a couple of weeks ago: On October 19, I […]
Aviation entrepreneur Rod Rakic’s idea for OpenAirplane has earned the support of some big names in the aviation industry who believe it could simplify access to aircraft, improve pilot safety, increase profits for flight schools and FBOs, and generally boost the aviation industry — all by changing how we rent airplanes. OpenAirplane is nearing its […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Eagles of America at Southwest Georgia Regional Airport (KABY) in Albany, Georgia. AVweb reader Matthew Hevey recommended the FBO, writing: While flying with my family to Atlanta from Orlando Sunday evening before Labor Day, I experienced an alternator failure […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to the Memphis/Shelby County Airport Authority (MSCAA) FBO at General Dewitt Spain Airport (M01) in Memphis, Tennessee. AVweb reader Scott Bartley had high praise for the facility: By far the best FBO I have flown into in the past three […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Once again, we’ve had a bumper crop of nominations to our weekly FBO contest – and this time, many of them came from members of the Beech Aero Club, which apparently had a terrific annual get-together at Jack Edwards Airport (KJKA) in Gulf Shores, Alabama, where Gulf […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Tradition Aviation at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (KTRM) in Palm Springs, California. AVweb reader Ted Seastrom recommended the FBO: For many months, KTRM was my home airport. This recommendation is based not on just one experience but the […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Berg Air at Madras Municipal Airport (S33) in Madras, Oregon. AVweb reader Charlotte Echelberger explains how Berg has taken care of her traveling party on different occasions this year: As part of the Oregon Air Tour, in May we […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Lots of happy pilots in the skies this week. Nominations for an AVweb “FBO of the Week” ribbon soared over the last ten days or so, and picking a stand-out this week was tough. (We cheated and saved a couple of facilities for future installments.) Amid stiff […]
[AVweb‘s reprint of Dick’s memoir began with the Introduction.] The final act of “My Life in the Blue Suit” began in June 1974 with the Fairchild C- 123K “Provider,” an airplane with a most unusual lineage. In 1943 the Chase Aircraft Company contracted to build assault gliders for the Army Air Forces; their first prototype […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Our latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to GTO Aviation at Sumner County Regional Airport (M33) in Gallatin, Tennessee. AVweb reader Ronald Goro explains how GTO has worked tirelessly to promote aviation at their airport: GTO Aviation is a relatively new FBO at Sumner County Airport. […]
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