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Existing customer demand and historic, present and projected aviation trends are driving aircraft manager Signature Flight Support to invest $82 million at the San Jose airport, the company’s president and chief operating officer said. Signature Flight Support promises a 17,000-square-foot “Executive … [Read more...]
Getting yourself to a ski weekend in Tahoe on a Friday evening can be a harrowing experience. You've been there: sitting in traffic for four... five... sometimes six hours. You begin to wonder if it's even worth it. Consider: using a small airplane to fly to the mountains. You can land in Truckee, Reno, or … [Read more...]
Did You Know? Companies needing to reach multiple destinations in a single day rely on business aviation, because this type of itinerary is often impossible to keep using other modes of transportation. When using a business airplane, employees can meet, plan, work en route and discuss proprietary information in … [Read more...]
Don’t discount a small plane as a powerful business tool. For trips under 600-800 miles, it can beat airline times by a huge margin; and on 100-200 mile flights, you’ll be in close competition with corporate jets for performance and a big winner on efficiency. Reprinted from Forbes.com (We thought it was a … [Read more...]
What was once used only in extraordinary circumstances or by top global companies has today become a business necessity. If you charter, lease or own an aircraft, you already understand that Business Aviation — also called General Aviation — is as indispensable as your cell phone and your laptop. For those … [Read more...]
Small airplane charter provides the best value for a business trip where you'd like to fly somewhere in the morning, conduct your business, and then return home on your own schedule later the same day. Consider a day trip to Ventura County. You could drive, but you wouldn't make it home in time for dinner, … [Read more...]
The Cirrus Owners and Pilot's Association (COPA: www.cirruspilots.org) regularly holds intense training weekends throughout the world. This weekend, NorCal Approach will be busy working more SR20 and SR22 airplanes than usual, as the Cirrus Pilot Proficiency Program (CPPP) comes to Concord's Buchannan Field. I … [Read more...]
In the April 2012 issue of Flying magazine, the cover story says that the 2012 Cirrus SR22 is the most sophisticated single-engine civilian airplane ever built. We're sure the folks at Cirrus are thrilled, as are we (since we get to instruct in this amazing airplane owned by TBP Aero!). We were able to obtain … [Read more...]
Local pilots know that after a long wait, South County Airport now has an automated weather broadcast available on 118.35. It recently started showing up in data feeds for users of ForeFlight, XM Weather, and other airborne systems. It's also available on the web at the following link: … [Read more...]
This wasn't your standard Mexico Checkout flight! Usually for a border crossing checkout, we fly just across the border to Tijuana or San Felipe so the pilot can get a feel for all of the paperwork, fees, and sloooow service that awaits. This time - we went all the way to the tip of Baja California and landed at … [Read more...]