Spring 2011 - Volume 16, Number 2
Ponderosa and Commanders:
A 36-year Partnership
It would be difficult to find a more ardent fan of Commanders than Ponderosa Aviation. The Safford, Arizona-based operator has 21 Commanders in its fleet including 13 500S Shrikes, a 500B, a 500U, a pair of 680Vs, a 680W, and three 690Bs.
FROM THE FLIGHTLINE
Experience COUNTS in Winner Aviation’s Shop
Six technicians at Winner have been working on Twin Commander airframes and engines for a combined total of 210 years. That’s right—more than two centuries of direct, hands-on experience making Twin Commanders fly well and true, just as they were designed to do.
Engineering With an International Perspective
If hands-on engineering experience with a variety of aircraft types and an international perspective are helpful in providing first-rate technical support for owner-pilots and business, commercial, and government operators worldwide, then Twin Commander Aircraft's new in-house engineering manager is well qualified.
GARMIN TIPS AND TRICKS
GPS Fundamentals: Flight Legs
Another in our continuing series on getting the most from your Garmin flight management system, by Keith Thomassen, PhD, CFII
Larry Byerly Passes
Larry grew up in the family-owned aviation business, Byerly Aviation Inc., which his father, R. Millard Byerly, started on the old grass-strip Mount Hawley airport in Peoria, Illinois, more than 70 years ago. A graduate of the Northwestern University School of Business, Larry was a former president and co-owner of Byerly Aviation.
Colombian Renaissance Commanders
Get New Garmin GTN Avionics
Eagle Creek Aviation
Services, Inc., a
factory-authorized
Twin Commander
Service Center in
Indianapolis, is
installing new Garmin
GTN 750 and GTN 650
touchscreen avionics in
two Grand Renaissance
Twin Commanders
that Eagle Creek
is completing for
the Colombian
government.
Twin Commander Quiz
Think you have what it takes? Test your knowledge about Twin Commander with this fun quiz.
