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Figure It Out
by Diane Earhart © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine October/November 2023 Digital Issue Checklists are good. You should use them. But what do you do when something happens for which there is no checklist? What … Continue reading →
Posted in All Features, Features, Features, Flying & Flight Experiences, Oct/Nov 2023
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, aviation, Checklists, Diane Earhart, Flying, Flying Experiences, Midwest Flyer Magazine, Pilots, United Airlines
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Deference and Dodging A Bullet
by Dean Zakos (An Excerpt from Laughing with the Wind) Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2023 Digital Issue “Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments.” – William Shenstone It is natural … Continue reading →
Threading the Needle
by Dean Zakos © Dean Zakos. 2023 All Rights Reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2023 Digital Issue I loved being in the air. I was 26 years old, tall and gangly, in 1972. I was the newbie First … Continue reading →
Posted in Columns, Columns, Columns, Flying & Flight Experiences, June/July 2023
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Tagged aviation, Dean Zakos, Flight Experiences, Flying, G-159, Gulfstream, Midwest Flyer Magazine, Pilots
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South Dakota Wing of the Civil Air Patrol Uses Missing Horse Search For Advanced Training
by Dave Weiman © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2023 Digital Issue The South Dakota Wing of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) was part of an effort to find a missing horse that broke … Continue reading →
Posted in All Features, Features, Features, Flying & Flight Experiences, June/July 2023
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Tagged CAP Col. Michael Marek, Civil Air Patrol, Craig Goodrich, Dave Weiman, Gin Szagola, Jenifer Oimoen, Midwest Flyer Magazine, National Park Service, South Dakota Wing CAP, Tom Farrell, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Wind Cave National Park
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Who is the Teacher?
by Dean Zakos © Dean Zakos 2023. All Rights Reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2023 Digital Issue “When one teaches, two learn.” – Robert Heinlein I am sitting, perhaps a little too casually, in the right seat of … Continue reading →
Posted in April/May 2023, Columns, Columns, Columns, Flying & Flight Experiences
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, aviation, Certified Flight Instructor, Dean Zakos, Flight Experiences, flight lessons, Flying, high-wing aircraft, low-wing aircraft, Midwest Flyer Magazine, Pilots, tailwheel aircraft
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Flying the Line
by Dean Zakos © Dean Zakos. 2023 All Rights Reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue I was startled awake. The buzzing alarm clock did its job exceedingly well. It was a raw, windy day in March … Continue reading →
Posted in All Features, Features, Features, February/March 2023, Flying & Flight Experiences
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Tagged aircraft, Airline, aviation, Convair 580, Dean Zakos, Flying, Midwest Flyer Magazine, North Central, Pilots
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Smokeout 2021
by Patrick J. McDonald, ATP, CFI-I Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue The time is late summer of 2021, and for months, my only living brother and I had anticipated another carefree sightseeing flight to the great … Continue reading →
Posted in All Features, Features, Features, February/March 2023, Flying & Flight Experiences
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, aviation, AWOS, Flying, IFR, Midwest Flyer Magazine, Patrick J. McDonald, Pilots, VFR
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Flanking the Derecho
by Patrick J. McDonald, ATP CFII © Copyright 2022. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine December 2022/January 2023 Digital Issue The word, derecho, is fairly new to our pilot weather vocabulary. The word, Spanish in origin, literally means … Continue reading →
Posted in All Features, Features, Features, February/March 2023, Flying & Flight Experiences
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Tagged airplane, aviation, AWOS, Chadron, Derecho, Flight Experiences, Flying, IFR, Midwest Flyer Magazine, Patrick J. McDonald, Pilots, plane, Sirius XM weather, Weather
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Demon Ice
by Dean Zakos © Dean Zakos 2021. All Rights Reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine December 2022/January 2023 Digital Issue I always wanted to fly. I liked the satisfaction of rising up and meeting challenges. I thrived on being presented … Continue reading →
Posted in All Features, Features, Features, February/March 2023, Flying & Flight Experiences
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, aviation, Beech T-34 Mentor, Beechcraft B80 Queen Air, Castle Dome Development, de-ice, Dean Zakos, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, Flight Experience, Flying, IFR flight plan, Lockheed’, Midwest Flyer Magazine, military flying, North American T-28C Trojan, Pilots, plane, Sikorsky SH-3A/D Sea King, test pilot
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A Path in the Air
by Dean Zakos, S.J.A. © Dean Zakos 2020 All Rights Reserved Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine October/November 2022 Digital Issue 1945 was a good year. It was autumn, but the leaves were still weeks away from curling brown and crisp. … Continue reading →
Posted in All Features, Features, Features, Flying & Flight Experiences, Oct/Nov 2022
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Tagged Airplanes, airport, Avengers, aviation, Cessna Skyhawks, Corsairs, Dean Zakos, Flying, hand prop, Midwest Flyer Magazine, Naval Aviator, Navy, pilot, Piper Cub, RV-7
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