Around the World in a Twin Commander
Here’s a way to earn a free beverage from your aviation friends in the bar. How many people have flown light airplanes solo over the earth’s poles? It’s fewer than you think. Only five have accomplished this incredible flight. And now, thanks to Robert DeLaurentis’s recent journey, one of them was in a Twin Commander. Every pilot knows that making a difficult flight with a crew is one thing, but doing it solo, that’s quite another. With his return to San Diego on August 10 of this year, DeLaurentis successfully completed a journey in his 1983 Model 900 that covered more than 26,000 nautical miles through South America, over the South Pole, across to Africa, up through Europe, and over…
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SERVICE CENTER PROFILE Building on a Strong Foundation
Its namesake airport is long gone, but the business endures. National Flight Services, which began with humble roots at a small grass strip in Toledo, Ohio, is now one of the most successful engine shops in the country, with diverse…
FROM THE SHOP FLOOR The Technician Market Remains Mixed
Prior to the worldwide economic shut-down in March, there was widespread agreement that finding maintenance technicians was difficult. The same problems that plagued pilot hiring impacted maintenance facilities as well. Experienced techs were retiring while businesses were growing but newly…
