by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue & June 1981 issue EDITOR’S NOTE: I first published this article in the June 1981 issue of Midwest Flyer…
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Piper Aircraft Steps Up To Help Stop Spread of COVID-19
Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft, Inc. is now making protective gear to help support the growing needs of the Cleveland Clinic…
Original World War II-Era Engineering Drawings Saved & Shown To The Public For The First Time
Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue BEMIDJI, MINN. – AirCorps Aviation of Bemidji, Minnesota, has announced that it has acquired a collection of original North American Aviation engineering…
A Positive Look At GA
Letter to the city finance director of Wayne, Nebraska. From Jim Hanson Corporate Pilot & Manager of Albert Lea Municipal Airport Albert Lea, Minnesota Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020…
Decision To Close Northern Minnesota Airport On Hold!
by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue In the April/May 2020 issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine, the rural airport in Isle, Minnesota (MY72), and its all-volunteer…
How Pilots Can Keep Airport Workers (and Themselves) Safe!
by Kelly Akhund MnDOT Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue Have you ever flown into an airport and found workers on the airfield? Do you ever wonder…
City clerks, public works quietly keep pilots flying
by Cassandra Isackson Director, Minnesota DOT Office of Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue Do you ever think about the people who work in aviation? I don’t…
Apollo 13 Commander James Lovell To Highlight EAA’s Annual Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet
Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN – Jim Lovell, who 50 years ago commanded the Apollo 13 mission, often called the space program’s “most successful failure,”…
Meet Mark Graczykowski
Airport Program Engineer Wisconsin Bureau of Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue Mark Graczykowski has spent the past several months working to transition into his new role…
New Helpful Publications for Aviators
by Hal Davis WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue The Wisconsin Bureau of Aeronautics (BOA) is pleased to announce the release of several new…
COVID-19 Aircraft & Vehicle Care
From the Civil Air Patrol Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue EDITOR’S NOTE & DISCLAIMER: The following recommendations are from the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and Textron Aviation,…
Wisconsin’s New Aviation-Specific Mechanic’s Lien Law
by Russell Klingaman Attorney at Law Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue In May 2014, I gave a presentation to the General Session at the annual Wisconsin Aviation…
Aero Insurance Sales & Service Team
Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue Randy Peterson, CIC Partner/Vice President, Business Insurance Specialist Randy Peterson has been a business insurance specialist for the past 23 years. He…
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Al Wilkening
February 1, 1946 – April 8, 2020 Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue Former Wisconsin National Guard Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Al Wilkening, 74, passed away peacefully…
Judge Leineweber Appointed A Wisconsin Supreme Court Referee
Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue Former Richland County Circuit Judge Ed Leineweber has been appointed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to preside as a referee over attorney…