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AIAA Announces Design/Build/Fly (DBF) Winners Competition Champions 25 Years of Aircraft Innovation and Design

Posted on May 28, 2021 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2021 Online Issue RESTON, VA. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has announced the winners of the 25th annual AIAA/Textron Aviation/Raytheon Missiles & Defense Design/ Build/Fly (DBF) Competition. The 2020–2021 Design/Build/Fly … Continue reading →

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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes Its First Flight

Posted on May 28, 2021 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2021 Online Issue Members of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter team in the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) were excited when data showed that the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completed its first … Continue reading →

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Solution To GPS Jamming Impact Overdue

Posted on May 27, 2021 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2021 Online Issue WASHINGTON – The military’s jamming of GPS to simulate outages for defense exercises continues to create headaches for general aviation three years after an industry study recommended ways to minimize the … 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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School Board Approves Aviation & Drone Curriculum

Posted on March 22, 2021 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine – April/May 2021 issue JAMESTOWN, N.D. – The Jamestown Public School Board has approved new curriculum that includes aviation and drone technology. Jamestown Public School Superintendent Dr. Rob Lech says the opportunity in Career and … Continue reading →

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Statewide Automated Weather Observation Systems: Weather Services Available To Pilots & Non-Pilots Alike

Posted on January 24, 2021 by mwflyer

by Michael Hartell Navigation Systems Supervisor MnDOT Office of Aeronautics Published online Midwest Flyer Magazine – February/March 2021 I started learning how to fly back in 1981–82. One of the things I remember most was trying to understand weather. I … Continue reading →

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Miracle Over Minnesota… Survival After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Posted on September 25, 2020 by mwflyer

by Dan Bass Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2020 issue @October 2020. All rights reserved! In February 2017, I needed to visit a customer in Thunder Bay, Ontario. By car, it’s over a 7-hour drive from Winona, Minnesota, where … Continue reading →

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Live Global Traffic Streaming Now Available With ForeFlight

Posted on July 26, 2020 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2020 issue ForeFlight, in partnership with FlightAware, is now providing live global traffic streaming for all customers with its new Internet Traffic feature. Internet Traffic is tied to the same Traffic map layer used to … Continue reading →

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Transforming A 1920s Historic Aviation Research Landmark Into A State-of-the-Art Aviation Laboratory

Posted on August 4, 2019 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2019 issue Building 19 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), located just east of Dayton, Ohio, has a rich history, which includes Orville Wright’s participation in the commissioning of one of the world’s most … Continue reading →

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Boeing Has Acquired ForeFlight

Posted on March 22, 2019 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2019 issue In July 2017, Jeppesen announced its strategic alliance with ForeFlight, the general aviation industry’s leading flight deck solution. It is a pairing of the world’s best aeronautical data from Jeppesen and ForeFlight’s … Continue reading →

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