Archives: April/May 2019

Piper Aircraft Deliveries Increase by Nearly 50% – Highest Level In 10 Years

Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2019 issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft, Inc. has announced a 48% increase in aircraft deliveries for 2018, as well as a 38% increase in total aircraft billings. Piper’s segment leading growth was … Continue reading

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High Utilization Results In Increased Warranty For All Piper M600 Aircraft

Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2019 issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft has announced that the warranty for all M600 aircraft has been increased from five years / 1,000 flight hours to five years / 1,500 flight hours, … Continue reading

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Green Bay To Host 64th Annual Wisconsin Aviation Conference

Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2019 Revised  The Wisconsin Aviation Conference (WAC) will be held May 5-7, 2019 at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Green Bay, Wis. To register, go online to the Wisconsin Airport Management Association … Continue reading

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Sullivan’s Harbor Springs Airpark… A Pilot’s Home or Weekend Getaway!

Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2019 issue More and more pilots are looking for that special place to live or to getaway for the weekend. Computers have enabled many of us to work where we live, making living in … Continue reading

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Cirrus Aircraft Reports Strongest Deliveries In A Decade, Highlighted by Vision® Jet Growth

Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2018 issue DULUTH, MINN. & KNOXVILLE, TENN.– Cirrus Aircraft has announced that new customer aircraft deliveries for the company’s best-selling SR Series showed steady growth and reached 380 aircraft in 2018, an increase of … Continue reading

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Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame To Induct Davis, the Frantzes, Mueller, Outland & Powers

Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2019 issue The Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame (IAHoF) has selected Stephen Davis, Robert and Ruth Frantz, Keith Mueller, Everett Earl Outland and Doug Powers for 2019 induction May 7 at the Holiday Inn … Continue reading

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Iowa Woman Breaks Hot Air Balloon Records The Hard Way

FARGO, N.D. – Kim Magee of Swisher, Iowa, broke three hot air balloon records on January 19, 2019, launching from the fairgrounds in West Fargo, North Dakota. She flew approximately 62 miles southeast, reached an altitude of approximately 10,243 feet, … Continue reading

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Indiana School Teacher To Receive 2019 Alan Shepard Technology In Education Award

Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2019 issue COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. – Jill Gilford, an Earth and Space Science Teacher at Twin Lakes High School in Monticello, Indiana., has been selected to receive the 2019 Alan Shepard Technology in Education … Continue reading

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Batten International Airport Manager Retires After 28 Years of Service

Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2019 issue RACINE, WIS. – After more than 28 years, David Mann retired as airport manager of Batten International Airport in Racine, Wis., effective March 1, 2019. Assistant airport manager, Matt Dean, replaced Mann … Continue reading

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Dale Klapmeier To Step Down As Cirrus Aircraft CEO

Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2019 issue DULUTH, MINN. – Cirrus Aircraft has announced that Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder and National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee, Dale Klapmeier, will be stepping down from his current executive position within the … Continue reading

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