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Chris Riley joins the team at Columbia Aircraft Sales, Inc.
Columbia Aircraft Sales, Inc., is pleased to welcome Chris Riley to our team in Groton, Connecticut. Chris Riley comes to us from the Baltimore area […]
Columbia Newsletter, Summer 2021
Director of Maintenance Jim Celentano Retires
April 30, 2021
Columbia wishes a fond farewell this week to Jim Celentano, Director of Maintenance, who has overseen the Columbia maintenance department for the past 40 years. […]
Columbia’s Top Notch Avionics Team at Work
With over 80 years of combined experience, the highly skilled avionics team at Columbia Air Services has been servicing the aviation community since 1987. Columbia’s […]
New Arrival! 2020 TBM 940 N940AB
2020 TBM 940 N940AB 2020 TBM 940 Serial Number 1341 Just Arrived from the Factory. Fully Optioned. HomeSafe Emergency Autoland. Limited time remains to take advantage […]
Columbia Select Pre-Owned TBM 930 N930VT Serial Number 1153
Columbia Select Pre-Owned TBM 930 N930VT Serial Number 1153 Pilot Door. Elite Edition. Only 995 TTSN We are proud to present serial number 1153, our […]
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 […]
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
Columbia Celebrates our 40th Anniversary 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
We realize that minimizing exposure to COVID-19 is a real concern for many of our customers. In response, Columbia is now offering contactless showings of […]
Shifting Paradigms in a Post-Covid Aircraft Sales World
Shifting Paradigms For the past 15-20 years I have consistently participated in Sun-n-Fun to “open” the season, Oshkosh to finish the summer, and NBAA-EBACE to […]
Columbia Aviation Companies – COVID-19 Response
The effects of the global COVID-19 crisis have forced many industries to adapt to a new and constantly shifting normal. Columbia Aviation companies has sought […]
Sun n Fun 2020
By now most all of you have heard of the cancellation of Sun ‘n Fun for 2020. The financial and logistical of this decision will […]
HOMESAFE Emergency Autoland System
HOMESAFE Emergency Autoland System Daher recently announced HOMESAFE in the TBM 940. Based on Garmin’s Emergency Autoland System, HOMESAFE will provide aircraft guidance to a […]
Piper Availability -For Immediate and Unrestricted Sale!
Pipers For Sale – Immediate and Unrestricted! These two Pipers below, an M500 and M350, are both holdovers from our 2019 selling season. Demo flights […]
Columbia Newsletter January, 2020
TBM 940’s Available
Daher TBM 940’s Available As 2019 comes to a close we are aggressively looking to find homes for these aircraft. If you are considering stepping […]
Columbia Newsletter July 30, 2019
Columbia Newsletter September, 2019
Columbia Newsletter March 30, 2019
Fly Away in the World’s Fastest Single Engine Turboprop
Fly Away in the World’s Fastest Single Engine Turboprop! Whether you’re in the market for the new TBM 940 with enhanced E-Copilot features such as Auto-Throttle […]
Oshkosh 2019- Planeology Answers
Oshkosh 2019- Planeology Answers How did you do? I’ve had a fair amount of feedback on this blog ranging from it was fun to it […]
EAA Oshkosh – Planeology
EAA Airventure Oshkosh How’s Your Planeology? Before we start today’s quiz, yes – this will require the use of the gray cells, I want to […]
EAA AirVenture 2019
Warming Up EAA Air Venture 2019 Oshkosh started to get into its flow today. Most of the mud had dried, and the usual dust from […]
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 Safety Seminar in KGON
Regional TBMOPA Safety Seminar – KGON 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
Columbia’s first 2018 TBM 930 arrived early January. N930ZD features a pilot door and the Daher Elite Edition seating. Every place it lands the reaction […]
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
A New Logo and New Look Ahead There’s a story behind our new logo that we started rolling out this week. Along with the why […]
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
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 […]
