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Fill ‘er up!
Keeping aviation fuel accessible while finding its alternative by Mark Baker AOPA President & CEO Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue Flying season is about to heat up. While much of the South basks in a bit … Continue reading →
Island Hopping In The San Juan Islands, Washington State
by Yasmina Platt © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue I have talked about island hopping in the Bahamas and Michigan before but, this time, we’re traveling to Washington State. It is easy … Continue reading →
Communicate with farmers about safe agricultural operations around airports
by Jared Wedel MnDOT Aeronautics Airport Coordinator – North Region Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue One of the hardest things to tell farmers is that they can’t plant crops on perfectly good tillable land. Yet, that … Continue reading →
Pilots: Leave The Gummies At Home!
by Gregory J. Reigel, Esq © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue With the legalization of marihuana and/or cannabis in many states, products containing THC or CBD are now readily available for … Continue reading →
Maintaining Minnesota’s AWOS Stations
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 →
Don’t Be Fuelish!
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 →
Protect Yourself From The Sun
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 →
Sunset Flight
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 →
The Aging Pilot
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 →