Tag Archives: Columns
Airports, Horses & The CAP
by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2024 Digital Issue Before you start reading this issue, I want to clarify that we are NOT Horse&Rider magazine https://horseandrider.com/, although I have a daughter who would probably wish we were. … Continue reading
Posted in Columns, Columns, Columns, Dialogue, Feb/March 2024
Tagged aviation, Columns, Dave Weiman, Dialogue, Midwest Flyer Magazine
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Training I Hope I Never Need To Use But Glad I Experienced
by Yasmina Soria Platt Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2020 issue I recently participated in Survival Systems USA’s Aviation Survival and Egress Training (ASET) 3 course in Groton, Connecticut, where we learned how to survive an unsuccessful water landing. … Continue reading
Posted in April/May 2020, Columns, Columns, Columns, Midwest Seaplane Pilot
Tagged aircraft ditching, April/May 2020, ASET, Aviation Survival, Columns, Egress Training, METS, Midwest Flyer, Midwest Seaplane Pilot, Modular Egress Training Simulator, Shallow Water Egress Trainer, Survival Systems, SWET, unsuccessful water landing, Yasmina Soria Platt
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First-Ever Robotics Aerial Drone Competition For Middle & High School Students
by Chelsea J. Bladow Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2020 issue There’s a new buzz growing around the state of Minnesota and the nation. The buzz in this case is not the sound coming from the small drones being … Continue reading
Posted in April/May 2020, Columns, Columns, Columns, Minnesota Education Section
Tagged Aerospace Campus, April/May 2020, Chelsea J. Bladow, Columns, Drone, Midwest Flyer, Minnesota Education Sectioni, National Center for Autonomous Technologies, National Science Foundation, NCAT, Northland, NSF, RAD, Robotics, Robotics Aerial Drone, VEX Robotics
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Fond Farewell
From Kathy Vesely Assistant Director, MnDOT Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2020 issue In the year 2000, already 22 years into my MnDOT career, I applied for a transfer to the Airport Development Section (ADS) of the Aeronautics … Continue reading
Minnesota Airport Directory in ForeFlight
by Jim McCanney Aviation Representative MnDOT Office of Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2020 issue MnDOT creates a “Minnesota Airport Directory and Travel Guide” every year. Our goal is to provide the public with some general aviation information … Continue reading
Where are you based?
by Rick Braunig Manager of Aviation Safety & Enforcement MnDOT Office of Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2020 issue A few years back the FAA started a new program to track where aircraft are based. The FAA made … Continue reading
A Discussion of Take Off
by Rick Braunig Manager of Aviation Safety & Enforcement MnDOT Office of Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2020 issue I hire pilots for our office and one of my favorite questions is: How do you know you have … Continue reading
Meet Teresa Klein
Airport Land Program Manager WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2020 issue In October 2019, Teresa Klein joined the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), Bureau of Aeronautics (BOA), as the Airport Land Program Manager. Klein is … Continue reading
Pardon Our Dust: Annual Airport Construction Update
by Hal Davis WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2020 issue Between planning, design and construction, airport projects often take several years to make it from inception to ribbon cutting. In 2019, we celebrated the completion … Continue reading
Grassroots Advocacy Takes Dedication, Education & Passion
by Kyle Lewis Regional Manager / Government Affairs & Airport Advocacy / Great Lakes Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association www.aopa.org Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2020 issue Grassroots advocacy. What do you think that means? One might picture walking door … Continue reading
