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Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Franklin Aviation at Macon County Airport (K1A5) in Franklin, North Carolina. AVweb reader Gerry McCarley is a regular at 1A5 and vouched for Franlin’s top-notch service in his recommendation of the FBO: I visit Franklin Aviation several times a […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Our latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Bighorn Airways at Sheridan County Airport (KSHR) in Sheridan, Wyoming. AVweb reader Nick Tarasiuk recommended the FBO: We arrived here on January 14, a cold windy night, [and] were guided in and greeted and tied down by Isaiah […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Our latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Thunderbird Aviation at Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. AVweb reader Mark Hegg told us about his recent visit: Flew into Flying Cloud on a Friday in early December 2011. They were expecting me and promptly guided […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s latest “FBO of the Week” is Orzel Aviation Services at St. Clair County International Airport (PHN) in Port Huron, Michigan. AVweb reader Hella Comat explains how the Orzel team bent over backward to make a recent visit outstanding: Sue and Rick at Orzel couldn’t have been […]
[AVweb‘s reprint of Dick’s memoir began with the Introduction.] We arrived in Tampa, Fla., home of MacDill Air Force Base, with the expectation that our household goods would follow soon thereafter, but we were not prepared for the several weeks we had to live with what we were able to carry with us from Oklahoma. […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Walker Aviation at Henry Tift Myers Airport (TMA) in Tifton, Georgia. AVweb reader Cres Wise wrote in to explain who the FBO’s owner went far above and beyond to help a traveling stranger: My student and I were on […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s latest “FBO of the Week” can be found at St. Johns Industrial Air Park at KSJN in St. Johns, Arizona. “At an altitude of nearly 6,000, feet the service of this county-run facility is always friendly and very price-competitive,” writes AVweb reader Andrew Heller. Keep those […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb reader Mac Forbes gives us the low-down on a top-notch FBO at North Carolina’s Asheboro Regional Airport (KHBI) – Cardinal Air, recipient of our latest blue ribbon for exceptional service: Their service starts with a friendly “welcome” on the CTAF and, unless they’re very busy, a […]
Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Advanced Wings at Wings Field Airport (KLOM) in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. AVweb reader Jeff Kircher told us about Advanced and called their team “the most helpful people I have come across.” Keep those nominations coming. For complete contest rules, […]
[AVweb‘s reprint of Dick’s memoir began with the Introduction.] March 1956. On the move again, this time headed for Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, for advanced flight training.Nancy and I surrendered our rather sparse collection of household goods to a mover in Enid, Okla., and packed the bare necessities in our station […]
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