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2022 Girls In Aviation Day Ignites Passion For Flight & More

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue CAHOKIA HEIGHTS & SAUGET, ILL. – More than 100 young women from a dozen bi-state area high schools and Girl Scout Troop 2184 learned about a variety of careers in aviation … Continue reading

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How Is Your Instrument Scan?

by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue We have become so dependent on autopilots in the aircraft we fly, it has become apparent that we have lost … Continue reading

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What is the value of your plane? Is it insured for that amount?

by Bob Worthington www.BobWorthingtonWriter.com © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue Over the past year or two, the market for used aircraft has exploded. Values have soared. A few weeks ago, I … Continue reading

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Flying the Line

by Dean Zakos © Dean Zakos. 2023 All Rights Reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue I was startled awake. The buzzing alarm clock did its job exceedingly well. It was a raw, windy day in March … Continue reading

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Annual conference offers continuing education for aircraft maintenance technicians

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue A new report from the Aviation Technical Education Council (ATEC) finds that a healthy but expected increase in newly certified aircraft maintenance technicians last year did not offset the number of … Continue reading

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Oh, the places we will fly

Where will aviation take you in 2023? by AOPA President Mark Baker Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue Leave it to a children’s book to show us the way. After all, Dr. Seuss’s popular work about the … Continue reading

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Smokeout 2021

by Patrick J. McDonald, ATP, CFI-I Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue The time is late summer of 2021, and for months, my only living brother and I had anticipated another carefree sightseeing flight to the great … Continue reading

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Check Your Comms!

by Kyle Lewis Regional Manager For Airports and State Advocacy • Great Lakes Region Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue As pilots, we pick up certain lingo, like “Direct To,” “Line Up … Continue reading

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Aircraft Battery Care & Maintenance

by Richard Morey © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue Winter is upon us. Typically, this involves less flying, and certainly colder weather, both of which are detrimental to an aircraft battery. … Continue reading

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A-1H Skyraider Now On Display At National Museum Of The USAF

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue DAYTON, OHIO – The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s newest aircraft, the A-1H Skyraider, was placed on display and unveiled to the public during a recent dedication ceremony in … Continue reading

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