Flight Levels Online - The Online Magazine for Twin Commander Owners and Operators

Pictured from left to right are Luis Eduardo Albarracin (ASERPA), Dan Smock (Eagle Creek), Colonel Lieutenant Francisco Borbón Arias (Colombian Army), Andy Thimlar (Eagle Creek), Colonel Lieutenant Omar Rene Garzon (Colombian Army), and Oscar Billy Lopez (ASERPA).

COLOMBIAN ARMY GOES FOR GRAND RENAISSANCE—TWICE

Two Twin Commanders operated by the Colombian Army are undergoing Grand Renaissance refurbishments at Eagle Creek Aviation Services, Inc. in Indianapolis. The two refurbished Twin Commanders will serve a dual role in the Colombian Army as military executive transport and also for medical evacuations.

FROM THE FLIGHTLINE

TWIN COMMANDER UNIVERSITY TO MARK
TENTH BIENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

Nine times over the last two decades, Twin Commander owners and operators have gathered to talk about the one subject that is always top-of-mind among that distinguished crowd: Twin Commanders.

GLASS NAMED MANAGER AT FSI’S COMMANDER LEARNING CENTER

David Glass has been named manager of FlightSafety International’s Houston Learning Center, where FSI’s Twin Commander pilot and maintenance training is conducted. Glass replaces Anthony Graham, who has left the company.

GARMIN TIPS AND TRICKS: VECTORED APPROACHES

Another in our continuing series on getting the most from your Garmin flight management system, by Keith Thomassen, PhD, CFII

THERE'S A MOD FOR THAT

Twin Commander Aircraft has developed a searchable database of all approved Twin Commander modifications called “Kitfinder” that now resides on Twin Commander Aircraft's website.

BURIED IN DETAIL—AND LOVING IT

Bill Ball is the first to admit it: He likes paperwork. He likes to collect, organize, track, research, update, and control paperwork. It's his job—taking care of paperwork—and he says he “absolutely loves it.”

COMMANDER HELPS SATISFY 50-YEAR
PASSION FOR FLYING

We all know professional pilots who have grown jaded with flying. What began as a passion became, over time, nothing more than a job, and if you listen to their complaining, a not-very-satisfying job at that.

SAVING A PIECE OF AMERICAN—AND
COMMANDER--HISTORY

Pop quiz: Name the lovely shade of blue that distinguishes the Air Force's Presidential fleet. Scott Main knows, at least as it applies to one of the airplanes assigned to the Presidential fleet in the late 1950s.

Insurance insight: PEAS AND CARROTS

I know of no more expeditious way to put someone to sleep than to drone on about the importance of having adequate insurance coverage and coverage limits with respect to an aircraft.