Author: Hank Gibson

  • Hurricane Harvey

    Texas Top Aviation wants to express our heartfelt concerns and prayers for those affected by Hurricane Harvey along the Texas Gulf Coast and in Houston.  We have several customers in Houston and hope and pray that they are all safe. If you would like to donate to the relief effort, there are several organizations that…

  • A Complex Clearance?

    I was flying in the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas a few weeks ago and heard an IFR clearance given to a King Air that pricked my ears up.  It was a clearance from CRP to LRD, but the routing was one you don’t hear too often anymore.  Because of active military airspace, the…

  • Texas STOL Roundup

    Looking for a fly in this fall?  Check out the Texas STOL Roundup at the end of September in Hondo, KHDO.  Interested in entering?  All are welcome!  There are several different categories including LSA, Experimental, and others.  Come in for a fun weekend and see how short an airplane can be landed! There will be…

  • The New Diamond DA50 Line

    Diamond has joined the high performance single engine fray with the announcement of it’s new line of DA50 models.  Cirrus currently has the cornered the market on easy flying, fixed gear, speedy HP single engine airplanes.  But, (assuming that the Diamond DA50 gets certified in a timely manner and the appeal of the Jet A…