Name: Island Airways announces Avfuel service and aircraft maintenance support for summer 1997
Start: 1997-07
End: 1997-07
Location: Beaver Island Airport

Event

Date: 1997-07
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island Airport
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: transportationinfrastructurecommunicationcommerce
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

For summer 1997, Island Airways announced 100LL Avfuel service from a refueling truck at Beaver Island Airport, licensed maintenance technicians with 24-hour emergency support, free tie-downs and landing fees, weather briefings, and Unicom monitoring on 122.8 for aircraft crossing Lake Michigan.

Evidence limits

The Beacon notice describes offered services and policies, not fuel-sale records, maintenance logs, or a later airport operations history.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 1997, “Attention all Pilots and aircraft owners flying to Beaver Island this year.”
Announces Avfuel-brand 100LL avgas dispensed by refueling truck, competitive mainland pricing, licensed aircraft-maintenance technicians with 24-hour emergency maintenance, free tie-downs and landing fees, weather briefings, and Unicom monitoring on 122.8. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1997, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the Island Airways aviation-services notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Island Airways announces Avfuel service and aircraft maintenance support for summer 1997”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-airways-avgas-service-1997/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1997, “Attention all Pilots and aircraft owners flying to Beaver Island this year.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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