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Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to a location we’ve spotlighted in the past: Corporate Flight Management at John C. Tune Airport (KJWN) in Nashville, Tennessee. AVweb reader Charles George shares how CFM exceeded expectations on his visit: I flew into John Tune Airport on […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Alexander Aero at Belen Alexander Municipal Airport (KE80) in Belen, New Mexico. AVweb reader Dennis Schwandt visited recently and gave very high marks to the “very helpful people there” and told us he “look[s] forward to visiting them again.” […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb reader Ed Abrams received outstanding service on his visit to our latest “FBO of the Week” – Cape Aviation at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (CGI) in Cape Girardeau, Missouri: We diverted to this airport because of the weather. Winds were 220 at 23 gusting to 36 […]
[AVweb‘s reprint of Dick’s memoir began with the Introduction.] Flying a KC-97 during an aerial refueling embodies all the basics used by a good formation leader; for example, don’t move the tanker any more than absolutely necessary, make all movements as smooth as possible, and — unique to the KC-97/B-47 combination — fly as fast […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs FBOs aren’t the only heroes who can save the day when you arrive at an airport far from home. This week, reader John Williams tells us how Lockwood Aviation Repair saved the day when he visited Sebring Flight Center (KSEF) in Florida. Flew my Weight Shift Control […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s latest “FBO of the Week” is Chandler Aviation at Cavern City Air Terminal (KCNM) in Carlsbad, New Mexico. AVweb reader Jack Feiden told us how Chandler measured up against other FBOs he and his wife have visited in the past: My wife and I stopped in […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Baxley Air at Baxley Municipal Airport (KBHC) in (you guessed it) Baxley, Georgia. AVweb reader Krista Miller recommended the FBO after making an unscheduled stop last month: These guys are lifesavers! My friend John talked me into a 400-nm […]
[AVweb‘s reprint of Dick’s memoir began with the Introduction.] During the 1950s, the Strategic Air Command (SAC) was the ultimate deterrent to nuclear war, the keeper of the peace and no doubt had a quieting effect on the rattle of Russian nuclear sabers. Considering SAC’s world-wide responsibility, security was a huge player in day-to-day operations […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Our latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to the FBO at Shelby County Airport (KEET) in Alabaster, Alabama. AVweb reader Joe Barnhart shared his recent experience there: My daughter and grandkids recently moved to Birmingham, Alabama. On our first trip to visit, I chose Shelby County […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s newest “FBO of the Week” is Golden Eagle Aviation at Moton Field Municipal Airport (06A) in Tuskegee, Alabama. Reader Billy Tyndall tells us how an unplanned stopover made Golden Eagle a standard by which other FBOs are measured: On a cross-country flight in my Sport Cub […]
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