Archives: February/March 2021
Experimental, Amateur-Built Fatal Accident Total Drops Again, Below FAA Not-To-Exceed Goal
Published online Midwest Flyer Magazine – February/March 2021 OSHKOSH, WIS. – Safety totals for experimental amateur-built aircraft continued the decade-long improvement trend in 2020, as fatal accident totals finished below the Federal Aviation Administration not-to-exceed number for the 12 months … Continue reading
Pilot Donates Airplane To Save Lives
Published online Midwest Flyer Magazine – February/March 2021 CANTON, MASS. – 83-year-old, retired police captain, Joe Michallyszyn, spent 50 years looking down on Massachusetts from his airplane. When he soloed in 1973, he was the youngest pilot flying into Beverly … Continue reading
Purdue University To Make Airport Improvements
Published online Midwest Flyer Magazine – February/March 2021 WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. – Purdue University will commence a five-year project to rehabilitate its runways, build new taxiways, upgrade its fire and rescue operations, and update its navigation equipment at Purdue University … Continue reading
Tanis Offers New Android Application & Updates For Its Preheat Remote
Published online Midwest Flyer Magazine – February/March 2021 BLAINE, MINN. – When Tanis Aircraft Products purchased FST LLC, it announced that it would be making updates and improvements. Tanis now has an Android application and an IOS update available for … Continue reading
Tips That Could Save Your Life & Make Surviving An Accident A Little Bit Easier
by Dave Weiman Published online Midwest Flyer Magazine – February/March 2021 The article entitled “Miracle Over Minnesota… Survival After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning,” featured in the October/November 2020 issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine (https://midwestflyer.com/?p=13674), has attracted a lot of attention nationwide! … Continue reading
Sunglasses – Which Ones To Buy?
by Dave Weiman Published online Midwest Flyer Magazine – February/March 2021 Most aviators know that they should not wear “polarized” sunglasses, and “Sporty’s Pilot Shop,” being a leader in pilot supplies, sells a wide variety of high-quality sunglasses that do … Continue reading