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[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 […]
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 […]
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