Archives: Aircraft

GA groups: FAA flight training policy changes will reduce safety, create administrative logjam

Posted on June 11, 2021 by mwflyer

Agency’s interpretation threatens to halt most training in experimental aircraft EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (June 9, 2021) — Federal Aviation Administration policy interpretations on flight training arising out of a recent court decision will have a chilling impact … Continue reading →

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Has Your Airplane Been Stolen? Maybe not.

Posted on May 28, 2021 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2021 Online Issue If you wake up in the middle of the night and see that on FlightAware your airplane is not where you left it, and fear that it might have been stolen, … Continue reading →

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GAMA Publishes First Quarter 2021 Aircraft Shipments & Billings Report

Posted on May 28, 2021 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2021 Online Issue WASHINGTON – The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has released the general aviation aircraft shipments and billings report for the first quarter of 2021. Deliveries increased for turbine helicopters and propeller … Continue reading →

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EAA B-17 Grounded For Maintenance

Posted on May 28, 2021 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2021 Online Issue EAA’s B-17 “Aluminum Overcast” arrived at Punta Gorda, Florida (KPGD) on its schedule of flying and selling rides. When the aircraft arrived, crew filled up the tanks (1700-gallon capacity) and parked … Continue reading →

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Gary Jet Center Named Cirrus Aircraft® Authorized Service Center

Posted on May 27, 2021 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2021 Online Issue GARY, IND. –  Gary Jet Center (GJC) has entered into an agreement with Cirrus Aircraft to be an Authorized Service Center (ASC). GJC will have trained technicians for both the SR-series … Continue reading →

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Investigative Update: Mid-Air Collision Near Denver

Posted on May 13, 2021 by mwflyer

WASHINGTON – National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators continued to gather information following a mid-air collision May 12, 2021 involving a Cirrus SR-22 and a Swearingen Metroliner near Centennial Airport in Denver, Colorado. No one was injured when the Metroliner, … Continue reading →

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Tanis Aircraft Products & SwitcheOn Form Strategic Partnership

Posted on March 23, 2021 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine – April/May 2021 issue Tanis Aircraft Products, a Dovair Aviation, Inc. company, and SwitcheOn, a Malmoset, LLC company, have announced the creation of a strategic partnership that will benefit the consumer. Tanis Aircraft Products, the … Continue reading →

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Be-Utah-Ful! Backcountry Flying In Utah

Posted on March 22, 2021 by mwflyer

by Yasmina Platt Copyright 2021. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2021 issue It’s a great day any time I can be in the mountains. It’s a great day when I fly. It’s a fantastic day any … Continue reading →

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Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 To Be Displayed At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021

Posted on March 22, 2021 by mwflyer

Aircraft part of salute to humanitarian aviation at Oshkosh Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine – April/May 2021 issue OSHKOSH, WIS. – The Samaritan’s Purse Douglas DC-8, which has flown medical personnel and other relief workers, as well as tons of … Continue reading →

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Boundary Water Bush Flying

Posted on March 21, 2021 by mwflyer

U.S. Forest Service Beaver Program Ely, Minnesota by Joel “Henny” Jungemann USFS Beaver Pilot Photos Courtesy of USFS Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine – April/May 2021 issue Nearly A Century of History With beginnings dating back to 1929, the U.S. … Continue reading →

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