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Tag: Mick Kaufman

Knowing The Symptoms & What To Do If Your Autopilot Acts Up

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

by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman During EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, there was an aircraft accident not related to the convention that claimed the lives of seven individuals that were members…

The Localizer Back Course Revisited

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

by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved!  Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2024 Digital Issue So why would anyone want to do a “localizer back…

Putting Your Autopilot On Probation

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

by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2024 Digital Issue   I have used the phrase, “What Is It Doing…

Moving From Legacy Autopilots

Posted on January 25, 2024January 23, 2024 by mwflyer

by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2024 Digital Issue Over the many decades that I have been flying, there…

Flying An Autopilot With Flight Envelope Protection… The Garmin ESP-X

Posted on November 28, 2023November 27, 2023 by mwflyer

by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine December 2023 Digital Issue It has been a busy summer flight training and finishing…

What was that voice in my million-dollar headset?

Posted on July 28, 2023July 26, 2023 by mwflyer

by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2023 Digital Issue In my column in the June/July 2023 issue of Midwest…

Let’s Chat With Air Traffic Control

Posted on May 26, 2023May 25, 2023 by mwflyer

by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2023 Digital Issue As new pilots, we need to learn a new language…let’s…

The Birth of Button-ology

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

by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2023 Digital Issue In thinking back to the days of rotating a knob…

How Is Your Instrument Scan?

Posted on January 28, 2023January 28, 2023 by mwflyer

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…

The Garmin Aera 660

Posted on November 29, 2022November 28, 2022 by mwflyer

by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2022. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine December 2022/January 2023 Digital Issue In a previous series of articles entitled “The Pilot’s…

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