Archives: Columns
GPS Via Apple’s iPad
by Robbie Culver When Apple released the iPad early in the spring of 2010, it rapidly became apparent that the new device offered unique capabilities for use in the cockpit. Since then, the iPad has begun to appear in many … Continue reading
Posted in Columns, Feb/March 2011, Products & Services, Technology
Tagged 3G, Apple, Beacon, IFR, iPad, iPad GPS, moving map
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Are You Fit To Fly?
by Jeffery Taylor, Aviation Consultant Typically, in this column and many other flight training publications, you will find articles on keeping your stick and rudder skills proficient. While maintaining proficient flying skills is a key element in flying safely, don’t … Continue reading
Airport Projects & How They Are Funded
by Christopher Roy, Director Though winter still has a grip on the upper Midwest, the days continue to get longer and that fact alone makes many of us dream of spring. In just a couple of months we’ll be rolling … Continue reading
Posted in Airports, Columns, Feb/March 2011, MN Aeronautics Bulletin
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FAA May Relax Prohibition On Company Reimbursement For Part 91 Flights By Officers/Employees
by Greg Reigel, Attorney At Law Back on July 8, 2010, the FAA published a Proposed Interpretation seeking public comment regarding a proposal to modify the FAA’s broad prohibition on pro-rata reimbursement for the cost of owning, operating and maintaining … Continue reading
Getting Connected
by Craig Fuller, President & CEO – Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association It’s no secret that as AOPA president I spend a lot of time on the road or, more accurately, in the air. I’ve found there’s just no substitute … Continue reading
Promote Expanding State Support, While Protecting What We Have!
by Bill Blake, AOPA Great Lakes Regional Representative As I write this column at the end of 2010, I would like to review the state aviation legislative issues in the Great Lakes Region. In summary, I think we had a … Continue reading
Posted in AOPA, AOPA Great Lakes Report, Columns, Feb/March 2011
Tagged Airplanes, aviation
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B-B-But Doctor, What Do I Do Now?
by Art Risser These are the first words the Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) usually hears when telling an applicant for a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Medical Certificate that he doesn’t meet the requirements in some way. At this point the … Continue reading
Posted in Columns, Feb/March 2011, High On Health
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Bird Strikes – To Takeoff, or Not To Takeoff? Decision Point!
by Steve Rehwinkel The trip called for Jim Taylor (JT) and I to take eight passengers to our plant near Quonset, Rhode Island (yes, home of the Quonset hut) for the day and return that afternoon. JT was pilot in … Continue reading
Posted in Columns, Feb/March 2011, Flight Safety
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Is There Glass In Your Future?
by Michael Kaufman, CFII Volk Field Safety Seminar “Is There Glass In Your Future” was the topic I presented August 21, 2010, at the Volk Field Air National Guard Base open house in the central Wisconsin community of Camp Douglas. … Continue reading
Posted in Columns, Feb/March 2011, Instrument Flight
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