by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman It has been more than five years since we first started hearing about Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS–B) and I published my first article…
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Flying & Evaluating The Avidyne IFD 540 GPS Navigator
by Michael “Mick” Kaufman In the April/May 2015 issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine, I promised I would write a review of the Avidyne IFD 540 GPS navigator. To give you…
Autopilot Glitches, Failures & Anomalies
by Michael “Mick” Kaufman In my previous column, I again addressed the issue of “icing,” as did Greg Gorak in his excellent article. It was unfortunate that Wisconsin got to…
Flying A Full Approach Without Radar Vectors Is A Lesson To Be Learned
by Mick Kaufman It seems to be human nature that we all like to play “Monday Morning Quarterback” after an accident or incident. In a recent accident involving a friend’s…
X, Y, Z Approaches Part II, ATC Communications & How To Amend A Reroute Clearance On The 430/530
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman In this issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine, I would like to add more insight into one of the topics I covered in the last issue…
GPS Approaches & WAAS, Glide-Slope Intercepts & Portable Electronic Devices
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman In my previous column, I concluded a series on the procedure turn – when to do one and how to eliminate doing one illegally according…
Asiana Airlines Flight #214 – Pilot or System Error?
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman With the long summer evenings of flying now behind us, and the world’s largest aviation event, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, a memory, we can start to…
Midwest Flyer Magazine Contributing Editors Participate In FAAST Team Seminar
OSHKOSH, WIS. – Midwest Flyer Magazine contributing editors, Ed Leineweber and Michael Kaufman were among presenters at the FAAST Team pilot safety seminar held at the FAA Aviation Center, April…
The Skyguard TX ADS-B & Instrument Approach Charts
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is FAA’s satellite-based successor to radar. ADS-B makes use of GPS technology to determine and share precise aircraft location information, and…
Confronting Weather When Flying A Seaplane
by Michael Kaufman Many readers of Midwest Flyer Magazine may wonder why the guy that writes a column on “instrument flying” and “avionics technology” is writing about “seaplane flying?” I…