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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. […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s newest “FBO of the Week” is Gill Aviation at David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (KDWH) in Houston, Texas. AVweb reader J.C. Hyde visit there recently and experienced their first-rate service first hand: Flew into Houston last week. I had arranged for a rental car to be […]
It’s now been confirmed that celebrated author and longtime flying enthusiast Richard Bach was seriously injured when his SeaRey amphib clipped power lines and went down short of a runway on San Juan Island northwest of Seattle on Friday. His son James told The Associated Press his father’s condition is improving. He has a broken […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Apalachicola/Franklin County Regional Airport (KAAF) in Apalachicola, Florida. AVweb reader Ray Mozingo told us the FBO staff checked all the boxes in making their recent visit a pleasant stopover: Flew down for a weekend of fishing. The FBO met […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb readers often discover great FBOs on their individual journeys to Oshkosh for AirVenture. This year was no exception, as we received quite a few nominations during the weeks after the show. Our latest “FBO of the Week” is one of these, recommended by annual patron Les […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Our latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Liberty Flying Service at Lonesome Pines Airport (KLNP) in Wise, Virginia. We hear plenty of stories of FBO personnel going above and beyond, but this tale from AVweb reader Dennis Wilt may top the list: My wife and […]
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