Flight Safety

AVweb’s Flight Safety section offers in-depth coverage of aviation safety topics, including accident analyses, risk management strategies, regulatory updates, and pilot training insights. Designed for pilots, instructors, and aviation professionals, this section provides timely information to enhance situational awareness and promote best practices in flight operations.

FBO of the Week: Peak Aviation Center (COS, Colorado Springs, CO)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs We appreciate your opinions and recommendations, so please continue to tell us about great FBOs you visit throughout North America by clicking here and filling out our nomination form. Our latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Peak Aviation Center at KCOS in Colorado Springs, Colorado. […]

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FBO of the Week: Desert Skies Executive Air Terminal (Lake Havasu, AZ)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Desert Skies Executive Air Terminal at Lake Havasu City Airport (HII) in Lake Havasu, Arizona. AVweb reader Claudia Huber confessed that she stopped at Desert Skies “because of the cheap fuel,” but was surprised by the hospitality: Our first […]

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FBO of the Week: Epps Aviation (KPDK, Atlanta, GA)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Santa makes one final delivery for the holiday season, awarding AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon to Epps Aviation at KPDK in Atlanta, Georgia. AVweb reader Steve Shrum has the story of how Epps saved his Christmas: I was delivering some very special cargo to Peachtree on […]

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FBO of the Week: Galaxy Air Services (Conroe, TX)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Galaxy Air Services at Lone Star Executive Airport (CXO) in Conroe, Texas. AVweb reader David Hertz described a nightmare lay-over in Conroe that was made a little easier by the dream team at Galaxy: We were on our way […]

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The Pilot’s Lounge #132: Why Flying Is Such A Buzz

Things have been kind of busy, so my visits to the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport have been carried out at low cruise. I was present long enough recently to hear a student describing to his instructor what he had learned after having some difficulty with crosswind landings. She listened patiently as his recital […]

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FBO of the Week: Pecos Air Center (KPEQ, Pecos, TX)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Pecos Air Center at KPEQ in Pecos, Texas. AVweb reader Jeffrey B. Chipetine called the FBO “a terrific stop on the way home to New York from California”: [I] called in on Unicom (45 miles out from 13.5K) as […]

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FBO of the Week: Don Davis Aviation (KEHR, Henderson, KY)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Don Davis Aviation at Henderson County Airport (KEHR) in Henderson, Kentucky. AVweb reader George Samara recommended this week’s winner, writing: This airport team goes out of their way to please and accommodate a visiting pilot … [everyone from] the […]

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