Archives: Columns

Maintaining Minnesota’s AWOS Stations

Posted on March 22, 2024 by mwflyer

by Nick Kremer Navigation Systems Radio Engineer, MnDOT Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue As a pilot or member of a flight crew, you listen in to a weather briefing at the start of every flight … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be Fuelish!

Posted on March 22, 2024 by mwflyer

by Pete Schoeninger © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue  Q) A friend swears he once saw a B-17 (World War II bomber with four piston-engines) takeoff with one of four engines … Continue reading →

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Protect Yourself From The Sun

Posted on March 22, 2024 by mwflyer

by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue “Melanoma” is a form of skin cancer. When it spreads to other places in the body, it’s called “Metastatic Melanoma,” or advanced skin cancer, sometimes referred to as … Continue reading →

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Sunset Flight

Posted on March 22, 2024 by mwflyer

by Dean Zakos © Copyright 2024. All Rights Reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue “Enjoy the little things in life because one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things.” – Kurt Vonnegut … Continue reading →

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The Aging Pilot

Posted on March 22, 2024 by mwflyer

by Dr. Bill Blank, MD Senior Aviation Medical Examiner© Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue When I learned to fly a long time ago (56 years ago), I never thought about how … Continue reading →

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Airports, Horses & The CAP

Posted on January 25, 2024 by mwflyer

by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2024 Digital Issue Before you start reading this issue, I want to clarify that we are NOT Horse&Rider magazine https://horseandrider.com/, although I have a daughter who would probably wish we were. … Continue reading →

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“See you soon!” Making the most of our freedom to fly.

Posted on January 25, 2024 by mwflyer

by Mark Baker Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2024 Digital Issue Right about this time, as I am sure many of you do, I take a step back and wonder where my travels will take me over the coming … Continue reading →

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How COVID-19 Changed Things

Posted on January 25, 2024 by mwflyer

by Jeff Flynn MnDOT Office of Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2024 Digital Issue In March of 2020, my family and I took a vacation to Mexico. Upon arriving at the airport, I wondered if I was making … Continue reading →

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Moving From Legacy Autopilots

Posted on January 25, 2024 by mwflyer

by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2024 Digital Issue Over the many decades that I have been flying, there have been many changes made to aircraft, and almost all … Continue reading →

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Light Winds, Hot Air, Color, Light, Shapes, Chile, Ohhh Ahhh… Ingredients For Balloon Fiesta!

Posted on January 25, 2024 by mwflyer

by Yasmina Platt Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2024 Digital Issue Balloon Fiesta is a special and colorful event that happens every October in Albuquerque, New Mexico! It’s a time when we convert from flight crew to ground crew … Continue reading →

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