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TBM Regional Safety Seminar, KGON, Oct. 28-30, 2021
(GROTON, CT – Oct. 11, 2021). We at Columbia are so looking forward to hosting the 2021 Regional TBM Safety Seminar here in Groton, CT […]
Oshkosh 2021!
(GROTON, CT – August 24, 2021) Oshkosh – EAA Airventure 2021 was a rousing success, with over 600,000 in attendance throughout the week and a […]
See You in Oshkosh!
(GROTON, CT – July 19, 2021) For most of us in the general aviation sector, EAA Oshkosh is the kickoff event to the show season. […]
Chris Riley joins the team at Columbia Aircraft Sales, Inc.
(Groton, CT – June 2, 2021) Columbia Aircraft Sales, Inc., is pleased to welcome Chris Riley to our team in Groton, Connecticut. Chris Riley comes […]
Columbia Newsletter, Summer 2021
Director of Maintenance Jim Celentano Retires
(Groton, CT – April 30, 2021) Columbia wishes a fond farewell this week to Jim Celentano, Director of Maintenance, who has overseen the Columbia maintenance […]
Columbia’s Top Notch Avionics Team at Work
(Groton, CT – March 29, 2021) With over 80 years of combined experience, the highly skilled avionics team at Columbia Air Services has been servicing […]
New Arrival! 2020 TBM 940 N940AB
(Groton, CT – November 9, 2020) 2020 TBM 940 N940AB 2020 TBM 940 Serial Number 1341 Just Arrived from the Factory. Fully Optioned. HomeSafe Emergency Autoland. […]
Columbia Select Pre-Owned TBM 930 N930VT Serial Number 1153
(Groton, CT – September 2, 2020) Pilot Door. Elite Edition. Only 995 TTSN We are proud to present serial number 1153, our newest Columbia Select […]
Fall Fly-in 2020 Date Announced
(GROTON, CT, August 31st, 2020) The Columbia® group of aviation companies today announced that its Fall 2020 Fly-In will be held on Saturday October 24th, […]
Introducing Columbia Select Pre-Owned
(Groton, CT, July 23rd, 2020) The Columbia® group of aviation companies today announced that it has launched its Columbia Select Pre-Owned class of aircraft. […]
Columbia Celebrates our 40th Anniversary
(Groton, CT, July 15, 2020) As much of our industry repositions itself in the wake of COVID-19, Columbia Aviation Companies took time to celebrate an […]
Columbia Aircraft Sales, Inc. Now Offers Contactless Showings
(Groton, CT – June 19, 2020) We realize that minimizing exposure to COVID-19 is a real concern for many of our customers. In response, Columbia […]
Shifting Paradigms in a Post-Covid Aircraft Sales World
(Groton, CT – May 29, 2020) For the past 15-20 years I have consistently participated in Sun-n-Fun to “open” the season, Oshkosh to finish the […]
Columbia Aviation Companies – COVID-19 Response
(Groton, CT – April 16, 2020) The effects of the global COVID-19 crisis have forced many industries to adapt to a new and constantly shifting […]
Sun n Fun 2020
(Groton, CT – April 8, 2020) By now most all of you have heard of the cancellation of Sun ‘n Fun for 2020. The financial […]
HOMESAFE Emergency Autoland System
(Groton, CT – March 16, 2020) Daher recently announced HOMESAFE in the TBM 940. Based on Garmin’s Emergency Autoland System, HOMESAFE will provide aircraft guidance […]
Piper Availability -For Immediate and Unrestricted Sale!
(Groton, CT – February 27, 2020) These two Pipers below, an M500 and M350, are both holdovers from our 2019 selling season. Demo flights and […]
Columbia Newsletter January, 2020
TBM 940’s Available
(Groton, CT – December 5, 2019) As 2019 comes to a close we are aggressively looking to find homes for these aircraft. If you are […]
Columbia Newsletter July 30, 2019
Columbia Newsletter September, 2019
Columbia Newsletter March 30, 2019
Fly Away in the World’s Fastest Single Engine Turboprop
(GROTON, CT – Sept. 19, 2019) Whether you’re in the market for the new TBM 940 with enhanced E-Copilot features such as Auto-Throttle and Auto-Deice […]
Oshkosh 2019- Planeology Answers
Oshkosh 2019- Planeology Answers (OSHKOSH, WI – July 29, 2019) How did you do? I’ve had a fair amount of feedback on this blog ranging […]
EAA Oshkosh – Planeology
EAA Airventure Oshkosh (OSHKOSH, WI – July 26, 2019) Before we start today’s quiz, yes – this will require the use of the gray cells, […]
EAA AirVenture 2019
(OSHKOSH, WI – July 24, 2019) Warming Up EAA Air Venture 2019 Oshkosh started to get into its flow today. Most of the mud had […]
Welcome to Oshkosh 2019
Kick off to Oshkosh 2019 When I arrived at Oshkosh 2019 on Sunday, it was to a scene of downed trees, mud, puddles and power […]
Sun n’ Fun 2019 – Recap & Reflections
Sun n’ Fun 2019 – Recap & Reflections Earlier in the week I half jokingly discussed what it is about an airshow that attracts us […]
Sun n’ Fun 2019 – Teamwork
Sun n’ Fun 2019 – Teamwork Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines teamwork as “work done by several associates with each doing a part but all subordinating personal […]
Sun n’ Fun 2019 – Thursday April 4th
I feel the blues coming on…. Call me an Airshow junky. It’s happened before. Deep down inside we all come to airshows for the same […]
Sun n’ Fun 2019 – Perfect Weather
Sun n’ Fun 2019 – Perfect Weather Cool temperatures and a cloudless sky at Sun n’ Fun 2019 today. What could be better than that […]
Sun n’ Fun 2019 – It’s Show Time!
Sun n’ Fun 2019 – It’s Showtime! After a morning of clouds and rain it looked like the first day of the Sun ‘n Fun […]
Welcome to Sun n’ Fun 2019
Welcome to Sun n’ Fun 2019! You know that winter is finally on its way out with the start of airshow season. And what could […]
2019 Daher TBM 910 Elite Edition – New Features Highlighted!
Recently arrived from France this 2019 TBM 910 has only ferry time since new. The TBM provides the performance of a light jet with the flexibility […]
TBMOPA 2019 Safety Seminar in KGON
(Groton, CT – September 27, 2019) Good day from Groton, Connecticut. This is just a reminder that the next TBMOPA Safety Seminar will take place […]
Oshkosh 2018 – The Classics
After a few Oshkosh’s its not uncommon to see the same aircraft in the spotlight from one year to the next. This happens for two […]
Oshkosh 2018 – Serendipity
Oshkosh 2018 – Serendipity ser-en-dip-i-ty (noun) : the occurrence and development of events by chance or in a happy way Several of us were awaiting […]
Oshkosh 2018 – If One is Good…
Oshkosh 2018 If one is good, two must be better… As was discussed yesterday, having redundancy is a good thing, right? We agreed that having […]
Welcome to Oshkosh 2018!
Welcome to Oshkosh 2018! Welcome to Oshkosh 2018! Hard to believe that its Oshkosh time already. The year is flying by (pun intended) with Oshkosh […]
Q3 2018 Piper M-Class Positions Available, But Limited…
Are you considering an upgrade into a new Piper M-Class M350, M500 or M600 in 2018? Summer is just upon us, but the time to […]
SnF18 – Wrapping Up
SnF18 – Wrapping Up Today was my last day at Sun ‘n Fun. In place of the usual observations that I’ve made in previous “last […]
Sun n’ Fun – Military Showcase
Sun n’ Fun – Military Showcase Let’s face it, we’re all airplane junkies. We say we love going to airshows to see the latest in […]
Sun n’ Fun 2018 – The Goldilocks Effect’ Fun 2018 – The Goldilocks Effect
Sun n’ Fun 2018 – The Goldilocks Effect Everyone knows that when you go to the theater you don’t want to sit too close to […]
Sun n’ Fun 2018 – Sun, Blue Skies & Airplanes!
Sun n’ Fun 2018 – Sun, Blue Skies & Airplanes! That is what it’s supposed to be, yes? After the total wash out of yesterday’s […]
Sun n’ Fun or Rain n’ Pain?
Sun n’ Fun or Rain n’ Pain? Usually I take so many photos of the daily events at Sun n’ Fun that I’m up into […]
SUN’ n FUN 2018
Are you going to SUN’ n FUN 2018? For the longest time it appeared that winter would never end here in the northeast. But as […]
2018 TBM 930 SN 1216 – New In Inventory
(GROTON, CT – Feb. 13, 2018) Columbia’s first 2018 TBM 930 arrived early January. N930ZD features a pilot door and the Daher Elite Edition seating. […]
Happy New Year – Time for a Piper!
Happy New Year! Happy New Year from our Piper team here at Columbia Aircraft Sales! I hope that everyone is getting some flying time in […]
AOPA Fly-In October 6th – 7th
AOPA Fly-In October 6th – 7th Please join us next Friday, October 6th, and Saturday, October 7th, for the AOPA Fly-In at the Groton-New London […]
A New Logo and New Look Ahead
(GROTON, CT – Sept. 11, 2017) There’s a story behind our new logo that we started rolling out this week. Along with the why and […]
Sun n’ Fun – Transition Day
With so many examples of fine aircraft at Sun n’ Fun it is difficult to select any one as a standout. The T33 aka Shooting […]
Sun n’ Fun – P-51 Mustang Day
There were more than 16,000 P-51 Mustangs built during its four decades of active military use. According to the website www.mustangsmustangs.com there are only 296 […]
Arrivals – Oshkosh 2017
Listen in on any of the tower frequencies at KOSH and it doesn’t take long to figure out that the controllers are not only working […]
100 Years – Oshkosh 2017
July 26, 2017
Aviation is full of milestones and anniversaries. This year at Oshkosh is no exception. The 50th anniversary of the Apollo Space Program, the 75th anniversary […]
2017 TBM 930 Available for Immediate Delivery
Seen here flying with the Patrouille de France, the 2017 TBM 930 N930ZP escorted the French Aerobatic team to the US from France. It arrived […]
NBAA Regional Business Forum 2022 – White Plains
NBAA Regional Business Forum 2022 June 22nd 2022 White Plains, NY NBAA Regional Business Forum
EAA Air Venture Oshkosh 2022
EAA OSHKOSH 2022 July 26th – August 1st Oshkosh, WI https://www.eaa.org/airventure
US Aircraft Expo 2021 – Boston, MA
US Aircraft Expo September 16th-17th Boston, MA (KBVY) https://www.usaircraftexpo.com/locations/september-16-17-2022-boston-kbvy
TBMOPA Convention 2022
TBMOPA Convention 2022 September 21st-25th Nashville, TN https://tbmowners.org/events.php
NBAA Business Aviation Convention 2022
2022 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition October 18-20th Orlando, FL https://nbaa.org/events/2022-nbaa-business-aviation-convention-exhibition-nbaa-bace/
TBMOPA 2022 Regional Safety Seminar, KGON
Columbia Aircraft Sales, Inc., is proud to partner with the TBMOPA again this year to bring you the TBMOPA Regional Safety Seminar at KGON on […]
