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Prospects & Opportunities

Posted on September 29, 2024September 28, 2024 by mwflyer

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…

UNSELECTING RISKS

Posted on July 18, 2024July 20, 2024 by mwflyer

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

Posted on May 23, 2024May 26, 2024 by mwflyer

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

Posted on March 22, 2024March 24, 2024 by mwflyer

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

Posted on January 25, 2024January 26, 2024 by mwflyer

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

Posted on November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 by mwflyer

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

Posted on September 26, 2023November 28, 2023 by mwflyer

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

Posted on July 28, 2023July 29, 2023 by mwflyer

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

Posted on May 26, 2023November 28, 2023 by mwflyer

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?

Posted on March 29, 2023March 25, 2023 by mwflyer

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,…

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