by Dean Zakos “Get in, and pay attention,” Obie gruffly told me.” – from the short story “Threading the Needle” If you think back, you likely had many mentors over…
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UNSELECTING RISKS
by Dean Zakos © Copyright Dean Zakos 2024. All Rights Reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2024 Digital Issue! “Learn from the mistakes of others. You won’t live long…
NOTKOSH
by Dean Zakos © Copyright 2020, 2024. All rights reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2024 Digital Issue To paraphrase: “When once you have tasted AirVenture, you will forever…
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…
Fall Afternoon
by Dean Zakos © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2024 Digital Issue Where did the time go? I remember clearly my first flight as…
Quitting While You Are Ahead
by Dean Zakos © Copyright 2023. All Rights Reserved! (Excerpted from Laughing with the Wind) Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine December 2023 Digital Issue “It is time I stepped aside…
Pattern Practice
by Dean Zakos S.J.A. © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine October/November 2023 Digital Issue The man stood next to the flagpole and felt the autumn…
Deference and Dodging A Bullet
by Dean Zakos (An Excerpt from Laughing with the Wind) Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2023 Digital Issue “Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most…
Threading the Needle
by Dean Zakos © Dean Zakos. 2023 All Rights Reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2023 Digital Issue I loved being in the air. I was 26 years old,…
Who is the Teacher?
by Dean Zakos © Dean Zakos 2023. All Rights Reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2023 Digital Issue “When one teaches, two learn.” – Robert Heinlein I am sitting,…