by Skot Weidemann The annual “Midwest Antique Airplane Club” (MAAC) Grassroots Fly-In was held September 5-8th, 2024 at the Brodhead, Wisconsin airport (C37). Brodhead is a south-central Wisconsin small town…
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KCAC Aviation Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony On New Aircraft Maintenance Hangar
OLATHE, KAN. (September 3, 2024) – KCAC Aviation, the factory authorized dealer for both Pilatus and Piper aircraft in the Midwest, proudly held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning…
Minnesota Aviation Trades Association Annual Meeting
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2024 Digital Issue The Minnesota Aviation Trades Association (MATA) holds its annual meeting during the Minnesota Airports Conference, and presents its scholarships at that…
New aircraft registration system provides one-stop service online
by Julie Carr MnDOT Aeronautics – Business Section Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2024 Digital Issue In Minnesota, all aircraft are registered with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, through…
A 182 For You! Going Back To Our Roots
by Niki Britton, AOPA Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue When it came time to choose what the next AOPA sweepstakes aircraft would be, there was no…
Cirium Presents 2023 On-Time Performance Awards To MSP Airport
MSP is the first U.S. airport to win Cirium’s global airport award since 2011 Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MINN. – Minneapolis-St. Paul International…
Van’s Aircraft Reports Turning The Corner
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue Following up on an article published in the February/March 2024 issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine (https://midwestflyer.com/?p=16790) noting financial problems by the…
Van’s Aircraft Reports Cash Crunch, Why It Occurred & The Means To Correct It
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2024 Digital Issue In an October 30, 2023, Aviation-e-Brief article by rather than punched, with customers reporting cracks around AOPA’s Managing Editor of Digital…
American Eagle A-1 Biplane
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2024 Digital Issue The photo of the American Eagle A-1 Biplane featured on the cover of the December 2023/January 2024 issue of Midwest Flyer…
St. Louis Downtown Airport Saw Continued Growth In Flight Operations During FY2023
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine December 2023 Digital Issue CAHOKIA HEIGHTS/SAUGET, ILL. – St. Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) announced flight operations at the airport increased to a total of 104,156…
Honda Debuts “Elite II” At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine October/November 2023 Digital Issue OSHKOSH, WIS. – Honda Aircraft Company debuted its “HondaJet Elite II” at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023, July 24 to 30. The…
Moon Missions, Unique Aircraft Part of NASA’s Presence At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine October/November 2023 Digital Issue OSHKOSH, WIS. – America’s legacy and future on the moon, unique aircraft, advanced aviation technologies, and a variety of presentations were…
Light Sport Envelope Expansion Proposed At Last
by Jim Moore, AOPA Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine October/November 2023 Digital Issue The FAA released a long-awaited rulemaking proposal to do away with light sport aircraft weight limits and…
Airworthiness Issue For Airplane Pilots And Mechanics That Are Being Impacted By The Canadian Wildfires
by John Chmiel Wausau Flying Service, Inc. Wausau, Wisconsin Downtown Airport Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine, July 4, 2023 ATTENTION: Airworthiness issue for airplane pilots and mechanics in Wisconsin and…
Homebuilt Aircraft Fatal Accidents Remain Under Historic Average
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue OSHKOSH, WIS. – Fatal amateur-built aircraft accidents remained under the historic average over the 12-month period ending in September 2022, but…
FAA Extends Aircraft Registration From 3 To 7 Years
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue WASHINGTON, DC – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has extended the duration of aircraft registration certificates from three to seven years,…
D-Day Squadron Announces 2024 European Tour
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine October/November 2022 Digital Issue OXFORD, CT. – The D-Day Squadron announced at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022, a plan to return to Europe in 2024 for…
Volatus Infrastructure to Support Warbirds of Glory Museum
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine October/November 2022 Digital Issue NEENAH, WIS. – Volatus Infrastructure, LLC has announced that it chose the Warbirds of Glory Museum in Brighton, Michigan, as its…
MidAmerica St. Louis Airport Awarded Grant For New Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting Vehicle
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2022 Digital Issue MASCOUTAH, ILL. – MidAmerica St. Louis Airport (KBLV) will receive a $678,127 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program…
New Carbon Cub FX-3 Raffle To Benefit Alaska Airmen’s Association
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2022 Digital Issue ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – A brand new 2022 Carbon Cub FX-3 was given away as the Grand Prize in an annual raffle…
Rare P-47 Thunderbolt To Join CAF Airbase Georgia’s Fleet of Warbirds
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2022 Digital Issue PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia is acquiring a rare World War II P-47 Thunderbolt as…
Predicting the future
by Rick Braunig Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2022 online issue. Every once in a while, I feel like I can see into the future and then I think…
Read More About The Plane On The Cover
Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2022 Online Issue A “Bearhawk” aircraft owned by Heath Sneller of Annandale, Minnesota. The experimental homebuilt is powered by a Lycoming O-540-J1A5D 235 hp…
With Tanis & SwitcheOn
Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue Tanis Aircraft Products, a Hartzell Propeller company, and SwitcheOn, a Malmoset, LLC company, are working together to make preheating aircraft engines…
The Lark of Duluth Flying Boat Debuts At EAA AirVenture 2021
Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue DULUTH, MINN. – The replica of the 1913 Lark of Duluth Benoist Type XIV flying boat was a featured attraction in…
Award-Winning Aircraft of AirVenture 2021
Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue Hundreds of gorgeous airplanes are displayed at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh each year in hopes of winning a “Lindy Award.” Only a…
Humanitarian Aircraft Missions Highlighted At Oshkosh
Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue OSHKOSH, WIS. – EAA AirVenture Oshkosh hosted a special attraction this year that highlighted humanitarian aircraft that focus on providing medical…
United Parcel Service’s “Queen of the Skies” Makes Oshkosh Appearance
Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue OSHKOSH, WIS. – UPS flew one of its “Queens of the Skies” – a new Boeing 747-8F – to EAA AirVenture…
Van’s Aircraft Announces High-Wing Aircraft, RV-15
Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue For the first time ever, Van’s Aircraft will be manufacturing a high-wing, total performance, RV-15, it was announced July 28 at…
Born In Ohio… Aerial Application Turns 100
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue August 3, 2021, was the 100th anniversary of an important event backing up Ohio’s claim as the “Birthplace of Aviation.” In…
LSA Maintenance Training – A Rare Opportunity
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2021 online issue After training more than 7,000 students from nearly every state in the U.S., and more than 20 different countries, the owners…
Jet It & JetClub Move Forward With Electric Airplanes
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2021 online issue DENVER, COLO. – North Carolina-based Jet It and JetClub have announce that they have entered into an agreement to become the…
First In-Flight Livestream Brings Spaceflight Experience To Audiences Around The World
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2021 online issue Virgin Galactic announced that VSS Unity successfully reached space on July 11, 2021, completing the company’s fourth rocket-powered spaceflight. The flight…
Check that box and fly it to the ground!
by Chris Kruse Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2021 online issue Sometimes life comes at you in small drips. At other times, like a fire hose stream. And still…
GA groups: FAA flight training policy changes will reduce safety, create administrative logjam
Agency’s interpretation threatens to halt most training in experimental aircraft EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (June 9, 2021) — Federal Aviation Administration policy interpretations on flight training arising out…
Has Your Airplane Been Stolen? Maybe not.
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2021 Online Issue If you wake up in the middle of the night and see that on FlightAware your airplane is not where you…
GAMA Publishes First Quarter 2021 Aircraft Shipments & Billings Report
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2021 Online Issue WASHINGTON – The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has released the general aviation aircraft shipments and billings report for the first…
EAA B-17 Grounded For Maintenance
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2021 Online Issue EAA’s B-17 “Aluminum Overcast” arrived at Punta Gorda, Florida (KPGD) on its schedule of flying and selling rides. When the aircraft…
Gary Jet Center Named Cirrus Aircraft® Authorized Service Center
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2021 Online Issue GARY, IND. – Gary Jet Center (GJC) has entered into an agreement with Cirrus Aircraft to be an Authorized Service Center…
Investigative Update: Mid-Air Collision Near Denver
WASHINGTON – National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators continued to gather information following a mid-air collision May 12, 2021 involving a Cirrus SR-22 and a Swearingen Metroliner near Centennial Airport…
Tanis Aircraft Products & SwitcheOn Form Strategic Partnership
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine – April/May 2021 issue Tanis Aircraft Products, a Dovair Aviation, Inc. company, and SwitcheOn, a Malmoset, LLC company, have announced the creation of a strategic…
Be-Utah-Ful! Backcountry Flying In Utah
by Yasmina Platt Copyright 2021. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2021 issue It’s a great day any time I can be in the mountains. It’s a…
Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 To Be Displayed At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021
Aircraft part of salute to humanitarian aviation at Oshkosh Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine – April/May 2021 issue OSHKOSH, WIS. – The Samaritan’s Purse Douglas DC-8, which has flown medical…
Boundary Water Bush Flying
U.S. Forest Service Beaver Program Ely, Minnesota by Joel “Henny” Jungemann USFS Beaver Pilot Photos Courtesy of USFS Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine – April/May 2021 issue Nearly A Century…
NTSB’s TWA Flight 800 Reconstruction to be Decommissioned
WASHINGTON (Feb. 22, 2021) — The National Transportation Safety Board has announced its decision to decommission the TWA Flight 800 reconstruction as the agency prepares for the expiration of the lease for…
Fargo Air Museum Celebrates 20 Years with Wings of Honor Dinner and Auction
Fargo, ND: The Fargo Air Museum is hosting the Wings of Honor Dinner and Auction on March 26, 2021. Formerly known as the Celebrity Dinner and Auction, Wings of Honor Dinner…
Learn Aircraft Building Skills in Two Days
If you’re ready to build or restore an aircraft, join us at one of our upcoming SportAir Workshop courses in Oshkosh, WI, hosted at the EAA Aviation Center. Save time…
Experimental, Amateur-Built Fatal Accident Total Drops Again, Below FAA Not-To-Exceed Goal
Published online Midwest Flyer Magazine – February/March 2021 OSHKOSH, WIS. – Safety totals for experimental amateur-built aircraft continued the decade-long improvement trend in 2020, as fatal accident totals finished below…
Pilot Donates Airplane To Save Lives
Published online Midwest Flyer Magazine – February/March 2021 CANTON, MASS. – 83-year-old, retired police captain, Joe Michallyszyn, spent 50 years looking down on Massachusetts from his airplane. When he soloed…
Piper Certifies & Delivers First Pilot 100i Trainer Aircraft
Published online Midwest Flyer Magazine – February/March 2021 VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft announced December 15, 2020 that it has received type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…
BERINGER & Air Race E Partner Up!
Published online Midwest Flyer Magazine – February/March 2021 Tallard, France – Because aviation and motorsport racing is one of the foundations of BERINGER AERO, it seemed natural for the company…
New Online Learning Event For Homebuilders
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine (online) – December 2020/January 2021 issue OSHKOSH, WIS. – The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is launching a new online learning event for aircraft builders: Homebuilders…
Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology Expands Fleet With Purchase of 32 New Piper Trainers & Receives Historic Delivery of 5,000th Piper Archer
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine (online) – December 2020/January 2021 VERO BEACH, FLA. (Oct. 29, 2020) – Piper Aircraft and Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology have announced the expansion…
Registering Your Aircraft In Wisconsin
by Michele Cumblad WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2020 issue Fall is upon us. The leaves are changing, pumpkin spice flavoring is everywhere, and Wisconsin…
Miracle Over Minnesota… Survival After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
by Dan Bass Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2020 issue @October 2020. All rights reserved! In February 2017, I needed to visit a customer in Thunder Bay, Ontario. By…
Pilots & Aircraft Owners Take Over Mooney International… Pledge Legacy Support, While Pursuing Advancements
Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2020 issue As reported by AOPA’s David Tulis in September, a group of U.S.-based general aviation aircraft owners and pilots have taken majority…
A Predator In Fargo
Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2020 issue FARGO, ND – At press time, the Fargo Air Museum was set to receive an MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), which…
HISTORIC AIRCRAFT TO FILL THE SKIES OVER WASHINGTON D.C. COMMEMORATING 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR II
Sept. 9, 2020 (DALLAS) – On Sept. 25, 2020, approximately 70 vintage aircraft will take to the skies over Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World…
Pilot Culture Modifies A Procedure, Leading To A Mishap
by Tony Fernando Minnesota DOT Office of Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2020 issue At 10:45 am on April 13, 2018, a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor started…
CAF’s Rescue of the B-29 Superfortress “FiFi”
Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2020 issue The B-29 Superfortress known today as “FiFi” was built by Boeing-Renton and delivered to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) on…
Why we fly them, and how we make them fly?
by Sean Elliott Vice President, Advocacy and Safety Experimental Aircraft Association Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2020 issue EDITOR’S NOTE: On October 2, 2019, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress…
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…
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,…
AOPA President Livestreams To Members During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue FREDERICK, MD – Realizing that his members may be wondering what they can or cannot do during the current Coronavirus Pandemic, and…
Piper Aircraft Increases Deliveries Worldwide!
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2020 issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft, Inc. has announced a 27% increase in aircraft deliveries for 2019. The continued growth was driven…
Black Leaves Cirrus, But Doesn’t Go Too Far
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2020 issue DULUTH, MINN. – Longtime Cirrus Aircraft test pilot and regional salesman, Gary Black, has left Cirrus Aircraft after being with the company…
Epic Achieves FAA Type Certification
Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2020 issue BEND, OREGON – Epic Aircraft has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted type certification for its E1000 all-carbon-fiber aircraft…
Tarragon Aircraft USA Begins Operations In Pekin, Illinois
Published in Midwest Flyer – December 2019/January 2020 issue Tarragon Aircraft USA, LLC has started operations at Pekin Municipal Airport (C15) in Pekin Illinois. The company is an aircraft sales…
Piper Announces New M600 SLS… First GA Aircraft To Be Standard Equipped With HALO™ Safety System & Autoland Capability
Published in Midwest Flyer – December 2019/January 2020 issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft has announced the next generation M Series aircraft – the M600 SLS, standard equipped with…
Fire In The Cockpit
by Chuck Cook Published in Midwest Flyer – December 2019/January 2020 Issue This is the story of my inflight fire in the cockpit and crash landing of my 1954 T-28…
Airbus Promoted Innovations & Jobs At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2019 Issue OSHKOSH, WIS. – Airbus highlighted three big stories at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, July 22-28, 2019, with special exhibits on innovation for the…
The Sling TSi Makes Impressive Flight To Oshkosh
by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2019 Issue In the 12 months between EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-ins at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, there is a…
Cirrus Now At St. Paul Downtown Airport
All photos by Randy Arneson, except where otherwise noted. Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2019 issue ST. PAUL, MINN. – Approximately 200 Cirrus aircraft owners, pilots and interested guests…
When Is An Aircraft “Destroyed” Versus “Repairable”?
by Greg Reigel, Esq. Copyright 2019. All Rights Reserved Unfortunately, these terms are not defined anywhere in the regulations. But, as you might expect, the FAA has a policy/opinion about…
Revolutionary New Business Jet Design Delivers Intercontinental Range At $1 Per Nautical Mile & Will Still Land At Small GA Airports
Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2019 issue BROOMFIELD, COLO. – Business jet design has been stagnating for decades – a simple tube with wings and two engines – one…
LoCamp Kit Manufacturer Survives Flood!
Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2019 issue LONE ROCK, WIS. – Golden Age Aeroworks, located at Tri-County Regional Airport (KLNR) in Lone Rock, Wisconsin, reports that despite flooding that…
N966CD, A Stearman Story
by Noel Allard Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2018 issue The Chuck Doyle (Sr) story is long in the telling, but for this narrative, let us focus on one…
Do I Owe Aircraft Taxes In Minnesota?
Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2019 issue ST. PAUL, MINN. – Non-Minnesota residents who purchase and take possession of an aircraft in Minnesota are exempt from Minnesota sales or…
Piper Aircraft Deliveries Increase by Nearly 50% – Highest Level In 10 Years
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2019 issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft, Inc. has announced a 48% increase in aircraft deliveries for 2018, as well as a 38%…
High Utilization Results In Increased Warranty For All Piper M600 Aircraft
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2019 issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft has announced that the warranty for all M600 aircraft has been increased from five years /…
Cirrus Aircraft Reports Strongest Deliveries In A Decade, Highlighted by Vision® Jet Growth
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2018 issue DULUTH, MINN. & KNOXVILLE, TENN.– Cirrus Aircraft has announced that new customer aircraft deliveries for the company’s best-selling SR Series showed steady…
Cirrus Aircraft Unveils Generation 2 Vision Jet
Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2019 issue DULUTH, MINN. & KNOXVILLE, TENN. – Cirrus Aircraft has announced the launch of their next generation Vision JetTM – ‘G2’ – enhancing…
Building & Flying An Airplane In Retirement
by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer – December 2018/January 2019 issue Bob and Joan Zaleski spent most of their careers working and living in the Chicago area. Bob started…
Jet-Powered Yak 110 Woos Crowds At Oshkosh
by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2018 issue EAA AirVenture Oshkosh never fails to amaze me, especially when it comes to innovations, aircraft modifications and great airshow…
The American Barnstormers Tour Makes Six Stops In The Upper Midwest
Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2018 issue The American Barnstormers Tour landed its vintage aircraft in five Midwest states in July 2018. Founders Clay Adams and Rob Lock brought…
Tecnam… Something For Just About Everyone!
by Nancy Blake Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2018 During Sun ‘n Fun 2018, I visited the Tecnam Aircraft Company display to say hello to a friend who is…
The People & Aircraft of Wings of The North Museum
by Chuck Cravens Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2018 issue There is a historical jewel located at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. That gem is the “Wings…
Windecker Developing Prototype of All-New Aircraft Design
Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2018 issue It has been known for some time that the Windecker Aircraft’s research and development facility in Mooresville, North Carolina, was working on…
Home At Last! Memphis Belle Exhibit Unveiled At National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2018 issue It was the summer of 1989, and our family flew down to Memphis, Tennessee so I could help announce…
Textron Discontinues Production of The Cessna TTx
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2018 issue WICHITA, KAN. – Textron Aviation has decided to discontinue production of the Cessna TTx due to lagging sales of the world’s fastest…
Piper Receives Largest Trainer Order In Company History
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2018 issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft, Inc. has received an order for 152 aircraft from Fanmei Aviation Technologies, Piper Aircraft’s exclusive dealer…
Piper Announces 23% Growth For 2017
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2018 issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft, Inc. has announced a 23% increase in aircraft deliveries for 2017, as well as a 27%…
GAMA Announces 2017 Year-End Aircraft Shipment & Billings Numbers
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2018 issue WASHINGTON, DC – The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has released the 2017 year-end aircraft shipment and billings numbers. At a press…
Strong Aircraft Deliveries Drive Impressive 2017 Performance At Cirrus Aircraft
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2018 issue DULUTH, MINN. & KNOXVILLE, TENN. – Cirrus Aircraft announced in February that new customer aircraft deliveries for the company’s best-selling SR Series…
B-17F Memphis Belle™ Crew Overcame Long Odds To Complete 25 Missions
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2018 issue DAYTON, OHIO – Since the Air Force was created more than 70 years ago, there have been many shining examples of airmen…
B-17F Memphis Belle™ Restoration Continues To Move Closer To The Finish Line
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2018 issue DAYTON, OHIO – Restoration on the B-17F Memphis Belle™ – the first U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to return to the…
The Aircraft That Led The D-Day Invasion Flies Again!
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2018 issue The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) has announced that the aircraft that led a formation of more than 800 C-47s to Normandy, France…
Air Power Museum Acquires Historic de Havilland Super Chipmunk
Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2018 issue BLAKESBURG, IOWA – The Air Power Museum (APM), located at Antique Airfield in Blakesburg, Iowa, has acquired a rare and historic de…
Demand For Piper Aircraft Results In Largest Employment Growth Since 2009
Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2018 issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft Inc. achieved double-digit growth in new aircraft revenue and deliveries for 2017, as demand for trainer…
Fly, Buy & Ship…
by Sharon Thiry Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2018 issue A story about a couple from the Netherlands, who learned to fly in the United States, bought an airplane,…
HondaJet Shines At Oshkosh 2017
Honda Aircraft Company displayed it Honda HA-420 HondaJet at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017. Representing the company was (L/R) John Lowe of HondaJet Midwest, Des Moines, Iowa, and Douglas Danuser, Vice…
Wipaire Helps Fulfill Aircraft Needs of Mission Aviation Fellowship International
Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2017 OSHKOSH, WIS. – Wipaire, Inc. of South St. Paul, Minnesota, is helping to support “Mission Aviation Fellowship International” by contributing a single-point fuel…
Apollo 11 Command Module Makes Another Journey
Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. – After spending 46 years parked at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, the Apollo 11 command module “Columbia” traveled…
Daher Brings Morane-Saulnier Type L Parasol Aeroplane To EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2017 issue OSHKOSH, WIS. – A flightworthy replica of the World War I-era Morane-Saulnier Type L “Parasol” aeroplane – an ancestor to Daher’s TBM…
One Man’s Affection For Stinsons
by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2017 I have known Tom Janssen of Appleton, Wisconsin, for at least 10 years, when I met him at Beaver Aviation…
Piper’s Deliveries & Revenue Continue Upward Trend In Q2 2017
Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2017 VERO BEACH, FLA. (July 24, 2017) – Piper Aircraft Inc. has announced its aircraft sales and delivery results for the second quarter of…
General Aviation Accidents
Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2017 issue According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), in 2016 “While airline accidents have become relatively rare in the United States, pilots…
Things That Go ‘Bump’ While Flying
by R.J. Reilly Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2017 Airplanes can play with your brain. Think about your engine running rough over water or inhospitable terrain. It was a…
F-35B On Board USS America
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2017 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II aircraft landed on the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) on October 28, 2016. America embarked seven…
Travers Insures First Cirrus Vision Jet
Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2017 issue ST. LOUIS, MO. – Travers & Associates Aviation Insurance Agency, LLC placed insurance on the first customer delivered Cirrus Vision SF50 Jet….
Cirrus Aircraft Launches G6… The Smartest, Safest, Most Advanced Cirrus Ever
Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2017 issue DULUTH & KNOXVILLE – Cirrus Aircraft has announced the launch of the all-new 2017 G6 – the smartest, safest and most advanced…
Vintage Beech Across The Big Pond
by Klaus Plasa Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2017 issue Sven Schlothauer of Eisenach, Germany, hired me to ferry a 1942 Beech C45H across the Atlantic Ocean, which they…
DC-3… The Good Ol’ Days
by Richard J. (Dick) Reilly Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2017 In his poem “In The Droving Days,” Australian Poet Laureate, A.B. (Banjo) Paterson, refers to a drover’s lame…
North Central Airlines DC-3 To Fly Its Colors Once Again!
Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2017 A North Central Airlines DC-3 will soon return to the skies, thanks to the Aviation Heritage Center of Wisconsin. The non-profit aviation museum…
Bonanzas To Oshkosh XXVII – The Super Bowl 27 In The Sky!
Published in Midwest Flyer – Oct/Nov 2016 ROCKFORD, ILL. – Each year in late July about 100 Beechcraft Bonanzas and Barons assemble in Rockford, Illinois (KRFD) and fly in the…
Piper M600 Fast, Furious & Luxurious
by Dave Weiman & Mick Kaufman Published in Midwest Flyer – Oct/Nov 2016 APPLETON, WIS. – Piper Aircraft’s newest flagship, the single-engine turboprop M600, was type certified in June 2016….
Cirrus NOW Presentation In The Twin Cities – Informative & Action-Packed
by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer – Oct/Nov 2016 BLAINE, MINN. – Cirrus Aircraft chose Key Air at Anoka County – Blaine Airport, Blaine, Minn., for the site of…
Letter from Herbert Zimmers
Midwest Flyer – Aug/Sept 2016 Hi Dave! We are having the same issue with our “mags” that you had last year while on your trip to Churchill, Manitoba – one…
Piper M600 Receives Type Certification
Midwest Flyer – Aug/Sept 2016 VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft announced June 17, 2016 that the company’s newest flagship, the Piper M600, has now received type certification from the…
HondaJet Headlines Great Planes Air Expo
Published in Midwest Flyer – Aug/Sept 2016 On a three Midwestern city tour, including Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 7, and Appleton and Madison, Wisconsin on June 8, 2016, the HA-420…
First Flight Scheduled for B-29 Doc
WICHITA, Kan., July 8, 2016 – Doc’s Friends, the group managing the restoration of the B-29 known as Doc, announced today the historic B-29 will make its return to flight…
Honda Aircraft Company Receives FAA Production Certificate
GREENSBORO, N.C. – July 11, 2016 – Honda Aircraft Company announced today that it has earned a Production Certificate from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Honda Aircraft Company is building the HA-420…
Air Force One (SAM 26000) & VC-54C Sacred Cow Move To New Fourth Building At National Museum of the USAF
DAYTON, OHIO – Restoration crews at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force have moved VC-137C Air Force One (SAM 26000), which was used by eight presidents – Kennedy,…
BERTRAND PICCARD SPOKES WITH U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON LIVE FROM THE COCKPIT DURING THE PARIS AGREEMENT SIGNATURE AT THE UN HQ
Bertrand Piccard spoke with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon directly from the cockpit of Solar Impulse 2 while flying over the Pacific Ocean during a video conference on Friday April 22 from the United…
Super Petrel LS Lands In U.S.
Some would say that the Midwest was made for seaplane flying. Anyone who has landed on water can attest that the water experience adds another dimension to the fun of…
Wipaire Holds Safety Seminar & Demos In Florida
SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINN. – Wipaire, Inc., a leader in aircraft float manufacturing, aircraft restoration, avionics, interiors, and aircraft sales and service, held a safety seminar February 27, 2016 at…
DULUTH, MINN. – Cirrus Aircraft announced February 16, 2016, enhanced connectivity, convenience, design and luxury in the new 2016 SR series aircraft, delivering an experience on par with luxury automobiles…
RV-9/9A 1,000th Takes Flight!
AURORA, OREGON – For days, the employees at Van’s Aircraft had been watching the ‘hobbs meter” on their own website, waiting for news of the 1,000th RV-9/9A to fly. Then…
GAMA APPLAUDS FAA RELEASE OF DRAFT RULE TO IMPLEMENT THE SMALL AIRPLANE REVITALIZATION ACT
Washington, DC – General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) President and CEO Pete Bunce today issued the following statement about the FAA’s publication of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) directed…
P-51 Mustang “Tuskegee Airmen” Sustains Damage
DALLAS, TEXAS – The P51C Mustang of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron, America’s tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, was involved in a gear-up landing, February 3, 2016, at Dallas…
Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane? No, It’s An Aircraft!
by Tara Kalar Associate Legal Counsel MnDOT Office of Chief Counsel With an anticipated million unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) sold over the holiday season, aviation is experiencing an unprecedented boost…
Lone Rock, Wisconsin, USA and Milan, Italy… The First Aerolab LoCamp Kit Takes Flight
Francesco Rizzi, founder of Aerolab Manufacturing, Inc. and designer of the Sport Camp series of Experimental/Amateur-built kit aircraft, and Ed Leineweber, managing member of Golden Age Aeroworks, LLC, d/b/a Aerolab…
Cirrus Hiring For Vision Jet Production
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The Duluth, Minnesota-based manufacturer, Cirrus Aircraft, is actively seeking employees for its Grand Forks, North Dakota plant to fulfill orders for its Vision SF50 personal jet….
Piper Sells First Diesel Archer In Scandinavia
ODENSE, DENMARK – Piper Aircraft, Inc. announced December 8, 2015, the first sale of a factory new diesel engine Archer DX in Scandinavia. Billund Air Center (BAC), a leading flight…
Mooney Achieves First Flight of M10T POC
CHINO, CALIF. – Mooney International Corporation has successfully completed the first flight of the M10T Proof of Concept (POC) aircraft. The first flight was performed by test pilot Len Fox…
Honda Aircraft Receives Type Certification For HondaJet
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Honda Aircraft received type certification for the “HondaJet” from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on December 8, 2015. The FAA presented the type certificate to Honda Aircraft…
New FAA Recreational UAS/Drone Registration Program: Better Than Nothing?
by Russell A. Klingaman Attorney At Law On December 14, 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued its interim final rule entitled “Registration And Marking Requirements For Small Unmanned Aircraft”…
Gimli Glider Reborn: Before the Miracle on the Hudson there was the Gimli Glider
On July 23, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143, a fully loaded Boeing 767 passenger jet, took off from Montreal with a stop over in Ottawa on to its final destination…
HondaJet Receives Type Certification From Federal Aviation Administration
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Dec. 9, 2015 — The HondaJet received type certification from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday. Honda Aircraft Company and the FAA made the…
Cirrus Hiring Production Employees For Vision Jet
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The Duluth, Minnesota-based manufacturer, Cirrus Aircraft, is actively seeking out employees for its Grand Forks, North Dakota plant to fulfill orders for its Vision SF50 personal jet….
Based Aircraft Defined!
by Hal Davis WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics By their very nature, aircraft are commonly on the move. Sure, most aircraft have one airport they call “home,” but others may share…
Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association Supports Recycling of Boeing ecoDemonstrator 757 Using Environmental Best Practices
WASHINGTON, DC – In a notable collaboration project, the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) recently joined with Boeing and an AFRA-accredited airplane demolition company to disassemble and recycle the Boeing…
B-29 “Doc” Exceeds Kickstarter Goal To Fund Flight Testing
WICHITA, KAN. – Following a 30-day Kickstarter campaign, “Doc,” the historic warbird that will soon become the second operational B-29 Superfortress, has achieved the additional funding needed to support its…
HondaJet Nears FAA Type Certification
Honda Aircraft Company concluding function and reliability testing LAS VEGAS – Honda Aircraft Company announced November 17, 2015, that it has completed all function and reliability (F&R) test conditions and…
Carried Through The Sky On Fine Threads
by Tyler Beckman The aerospace industry never ceases to be on the cutting edge of technology! If you want to know or see the future of technology in engineering and…
Cirrus Vision SF50® Personal Jet Enters Final Stages of Certification
DULUTH, MINN. – Cirrus Aircraft announced August 25, 2015, the FAA issued Type Inspection Authorization (TIA) for its Vision SF50 personal jet, marking another significant milestone in the aircraft’s certification…
1000th RV12 Delivered!
AURORA, OREGON – On August 27, 2015, the shipping department at Van’s Aircraft Inc. loaded its 937th RV-12 kit empennage package onto the shipping dock, where it was picked up…
Piper Aircraft R&D & Sales
OSHKOSH, WIS. – At a press briefing held during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, July 20, 2015, Piper President and CEO Simon Caldecott announced that Piper Aircraft and Hartzell Propeller are collaborating…
Drones/Unmanned Aircraft (UAS)/Model Aircraft
by Rick Braunig, AvRep Every pilot should know that drones are being flown in the United States. LeSueur County is flying them at 600 feet, Excel Energy has a Certificate…
Safe Operating Practices A Must For Drone Operators
by Cassandra Isackson Director, Minnesota DOT Office of Aeronautics Drones are everywhere today! Many of you know someone who has one, or have heard of an interesting way in which…
Lost Airplane That Led D-Day Invasion Located At Basler’s
OSHKOSH, WIS. – The C-47 transport aircraft that led the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, more than 70 years ago, “That’s All, Brother,” has been located at Basler Turbo Conversions…
Priester Adds Six Jets To Fleet
WHEELING, ILL. – With the addition of six new aircraft, Priester Aviation’s fleet now totals 48 aircraft. The new jets extend Priester Aviation’s broad geographic reach as it continues the…
Teaching Students, Teaching Teachers, Teaching Ourselves – A Great Glider Weekend!
by Jim Hanson I was recently reminded why I like gliding: • It gets you into the air. • It’s a chance to improve your aviation skills and airmanship. •…
Cirrus Announces New Vision Center
DULUTH, MINN. – In a special ceremony on May 6, 2015, at McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee, Cirrus Aircraft Co-Founder and CEO Dale Klapmeier joined Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam…
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Wipaire Receives EASA Validation For Wipline 13000 Floats On Viking Series 400 Twin Otter
SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINN. – Wipaire, Inc.’s EASA Supplemental Type Certificate No. 10015832 has received an updated validation from the European Aviation Safety Agency. The new validation adds the Viking…
Eclipse & Kestrel Form ONE Aviation
SUPERIOR, WIS. – ONE Aviation Corporation has been formed to design, develop, and manufacture a family of aircraft, starting with the Eclipse 550 twin-engine light jet, which is currently in…
The HondaJet Receives Provisional Type Certification From FAA
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Honda Aircraft Company announced March 27, 2015 that the HondaJet has received provisional type certification (PTC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This achievement indicates the FAA’s…
Piper Aircraft Launches Three New M-Class Products: The M600, M500 & M350
VERO BEACH, FLA. – At a historical product unveiling on April 13, 2015, Piper Aircraft announced three new aircraft as part of their esteemed M-Class line of single-engine, pressurized, cabin-class…
Piper’s Diesel Archer DX Receives FAA Validation
VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft announced April 21, 2015, that its team member, Technify Motors GmbH, a German-based member of the Continental Motors Group, has received validation approval from…
EPS Diesel Making Steady Progress Toward Certification
NEW RICHMOND, WIS. – Since introducing the first modern aircraft diesel engine developed from a “clean sheet” design at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2014, Engineered Propulsion Systems (EPS) has completed…
Wisconsin Homeschoolers Win Build-A-Plane Design Contest
WASHINGTON, DC – The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and Build A Plane have announced that the CHEF Homeschoolers in Cuba City, Wisconsin, have won the third Aviation Design Challenge…
Can You Buy Replacement Aircraft Data Plates On The Internet?
by Greg Reigel Attorney At Law The Internet can be a wonderful thing. From the convenience of your computer you can buy most things aviation. Whether you are looking for…
Eclipse & Kestrel Form ONE Aviation
Alan Klapmeier to Lead Integration & Growth of Multiple-Product Aviation Company AERO Friedrichshafen – April 15th, 2015 – ONE Aviation Corporation has been formed to design, develop, and manufacture a…
Wipaire, Inc. Receives EASA Validation for Wipline 13000 Floats on Viking Series 400 Twin Otter
South Saint Paul, Minnesota, March 27, 2015 – Wipaire, Inc.’s EASA Supplemental Type Certificate No. 10015832 has received an updated validation from the European Aviation Safety Agency. The new validation…
The HondaJet Receives Provisional Type Certification From The Federal Aviation Administration
The HondaJet Receives Provisional Type Certification From The Federal Aviation Administration GREENSBORO, N.C. — March 27, 2015 — Honda Aircraft Company announced today that the HondaJet has received provisional type…
Boeing 747 That Made The Longest Commercial Flight In History Makes Its Shortest & Final Flight
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Qantas airlines’ first Boeing 747-400, celebrated for having flown the longest commercial flight in history from London to Sydney, made its shortest and final journey on March…
Swiss Explorers Launch Solar-Powered Aircraft For Flight Around The World
ABU DHABI – Aviation adventurers, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, began their attempt to fly the solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), around the world, March 9, 2015, from Abu…
Wisconsin Pilots Fly By Grand Teton National Park
A 1953 Cessna 180 Skywagon owned, restored and being flown by Archie Henkelmann of Janesville, Wisconsin at Grand Teton National Park near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Henkelmann bought the aircraft in…
An Unmanned American Dream
by Matthew Brenden The “American Dream” is the opportunity for prosperity and success through hard work for all. It means something different to everyone, but the principles remain the same…
Final Conforming Vision SF50® Personal Jet Takes Flight To Complete Certification Fleet
DULUTH, MINN. – Cirrus Aircraft has announced the successful maiden flight of the third and final conforming flight test aircraft, ‘C-Two’ (C2), in their Vision SF50 personal jet program. The…
Minnesota To Get Fire Boss Aircraft
ST. PAUL, MINN. – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will replace its two (2) Bombardier CL-215 water bomber firefighter aircraft they have used for the past 14 years, with…
Indiana’s Marsha Fulton Wins EAA Aircraft Sweepstakes Grand Prize Fairchild 24H
COVINGTON, IND. – Marsha Fulton of Covington, Indiana, EAA Lifetime 32139/Warbirds 594364/Vintage 21420, won the 2014 EAA Aircraft Sweepstakes grand prize 1937 Fairchild 24H Deluxe. The Fultons have several other…
The HondaJet Earns Popular Science Magazine’s “Best of What’s New” Award
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The HondaJet, with its innovative Over-The-Wing Engine Mount (OTWEM) configuration, has been selected by Popular Science magazine as a “Best of What’s New” award winner for 2014…
Piper Delivers Three G1000 Seminoles To UND
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Piper Aircraft Inc. has delivered three twin-engine piston-powered training class Seminole aircraft to the UND Aerospace Foundation, which provides training and aircraft for the University of…
EAA To Support Construction of New Wright “B” Flyer At Wrights’ Original Factory
OSHKOSH, WIS. – The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and its members have been invited to support the construction of a “new” Wright brothers aircraft on the site of the brothers’…
First Production Aerolab LoCamp About To Take Flight…. Appearances At 2015 Sun ‘n Fun & AirVenture Anticipated
Good things sometimes take ages to materialize, but are well worth the wait. So it is with the “Aerolab LoCamp,” now nearly 15 years in development, but poised to take…
Wipaire Establishes Ben Wiplinger Memorial Seaplane Rating Scholarship
SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINN. – In celebration of 55 years of continuous aircraft float production, Wipaire, Inc. has announced the “Ben Wiplinger Memorial Seaplane Rating Scholarship” to be awarded in…
Ask Pete!
by Pete Schoeninger Email your questions to Pete@Flymilwaukee.com Q: In your opinion, what are the “best” models of the major airframe manufacturers? A: Each manufacturer has made models for very…
Is A SkyCruiser In Your Future?
At Krossblade Aerospace of Tempe/Mesa, Arizona, a group of six young men have developed the concept for a hybrid 5-seat transformer airplane called “SkyCruiser,” and a prototype called “SkyProwler,” a…
Nextant 400XTi Named One of Five “Best Light Jets” by Barron’s
CLEVELAND, OHIO – Nextant Aerospace (“Nextant”), maker of the Nextant 400XTi – the world’s only remanufactured business jet, has announced that the Nextant 400XTi has been included in Barron’s Finest…
Second Generation Gyroplanes In The Midwest
A Personal Historical Narrative by Chris Laskey Back in the very early 1970s, I became acquainted with a group of folks belonging to an organization known as “PRA Chapter 18,”…
Once-And-For-All – No Question About It – Flying Motor Gliders Is The Way To Fly Without A Medical & Much More!
by Jim Hanson I like gliders. They are pure sport. There is not pretension of being able to use them for efficient and reliable travel. Gliders fly more like jets…
B-29 Superfortress Edges Closer To First Flight In More Than 60 Years
WICHITA, KAN. – Doc’s Friends, the Wichita-based nonprofit organization restoring the B-29 Superfortress “Doc” to flying condition, has now installed the aircraft’s flaps. It was the last major structural piece…
Ask Pete!
by Pete Schoeninger Email your questions to Pete@Flymilwaukee.com Q: Pete, I think you are full of hot air. In the last issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine, you said an older…
A Whole New Skill-set: Aviation Maintenance Technicians Then & Now
by Zackary Nicklin Aviation/UAS Maintenance Northland Community & Technical College 1.800.959.6282 www.northlandaerospace.com Since the time of Charles Taylor, there was a skill-set almost written in stone as to what made…
Piper To Deliver Two New Arrows To Kent State University
STOW, OHIO – The Aeronautics Division at Kent State University’s College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology, is taking delivery of two new Piper Arrows. The aircraft will operate from…
Making Old Airplanes Work To Strengthen Aviation
Frederick, Md. – The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) wants to open new doors to aviation by exploring the concept that aircraft ownership can be made more accessible and…
Park Rapids Aviation Expands Aircraft Painting Services
PARK RAPIDS, MINN. – Park Rapids Aviation has expanded its aircraft painting at Park Rapids Municipal Airport in Park Rapids, Minn. Jeff Voigt is president of the company, which in…
Wipaire Announces New Approvals For Cessna 182 Modifications
SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINN. – Wipaire, Inc. has received approval for performance- and utility-enhancing modifications for the Cessna 182 Skylane. These modifications currently include the Lycoming IO-580 engine conversion and…
Heavy Bombers Weekend At Madison
MADISON, WIS. – The “Heavy Bombers Weekend” was once again held at Wisconsin Aviation, Inc., Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wis., July 25-27, 2014. The event was produced by…
Rare Warbird Makes Appearance At Oshkosh
OSHKOSH, WIS. – EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, July 28 – August 3, 2014, is where everyone wants to display their rare aircraft, as did Don and Ann Pellegreno of Rhome, Texas….
Captain Mick’s Meanderings
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is over for another year, and I would like to share a few of my thoughts with you from my perspective. The…
Powered Parachutes Take Flight
by Woody Minar Going into this “assignment” at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014, July 28 – August 3, with no knowledge of powered parachutes, I came away wanting one. These three-wheeled…
First Production HondaJet Makes Public Debut At AirVenture
OSHKOSH, WIS. – The first production HondaJet made its public debut, July 28, 2014, at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Following a celebratory event commemorating the occasion, the HondaJet concluded the day…
NASA WB-57F Makes First Visit To EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
by Woody Minar OSHKOSH, WIS. – For what seems to be a small, yet large aircraft for high-altitude work, NASA showed off its WB-57F High Altitude Research plane at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh,…
First New Mooney Prepares For Takeoff
KERRVILLE, TEXAS – At press time, Mooney International Corporation was preparing to announce the winning bid for Mooney Acclaim N242MR at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014, July 28 – Aug. 3,…
SubSonex JSX-2 Personal Jet Makes First Flight
OSHKOSH, WIS. – The Sonex Aircraft SubSonex Personal Jet model JSX-2 achieved its first flight on July 10, 2014, completing a very successful series of initial flight tests through the…
First Production HondaJet Takes To The Skies
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Honda Aircraft Company announced June 27, 2014, that the first production HondaJet achieved its initial flight, marking another milestone toward aircraft certification and entry into service in…
Not Flying Blind Anymore!
by Dave Weiman EDITOR’S NOTE: Since this article was originally published in the August/September 2014 issue, it has been amended. See amendment at the end of this article. During the summer…
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Ask Pete!
by Pete Schoeninger Email your questions to Pete@Flymilwaukee.com Q: I’m thinking about buying my first airplane and wonder what your opinion is about buying a tricycle gear versus a tailwheel…
Flight Design Selects Garmin G3X For C4
Aero Friedrichshafen, Germany – Flight Design has selected the Garmin G3X |Touch series for its four-seat “C4” aircraft. The newly developed system has two 10.6-inch glass displays, and does not…
“The Plane Skate” – Keeping A Blown Tire From Becoming A Runway Nightmare
by Michael Wiskus I manage corporate flight departments and own a fixed base operation at the Buffalo, Minnesota airport, on the western edge of the Minneapolis Class C airspace. We manage…
Airforms Awarded New FAA PMAs For Baffle Kits For Piper Aircraft
BIG LAKE, ALASKA – Airforms’ growing line of replacement engine baffles now includes parts for all Piper PA-28-181, PA-28R-200 and PA-28R-201 aircraft. The newly approved Archer and Arrow baffle sets…
Great War Flying Museum Aircraft To Help Celebrate Centennial of WWI Aviation At EAA AirVenture 2014
OSHKOSH, WIS. – Four outstanding replica aircraft from the Great War Flying Museum of Caledon, Ontario, Canada, will participate in EAA’s World War I aviation centennial activities during EAA AirVenture…
The Need For An Aircraft Lien Recording Law In Wisconsin
by Russell Klingaman As an aircraft owner and operator, and as an attorney familiar with aviation law, I have identified a problem associated with buying and selling aircraft in Wisconsin:…
The Lure of Float Flying
by Karen Workman It was one of those pivotal points in my life. I did not know it that day, or maybe I did, but I would not acknowledge it…
Article Written By EAA Founder Inspired Lifetime Member To Build Airplanes
Like many early members of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), Louis C. Seno, Sr. of Downers Grove, Illinois, was inspired by an article by EAA Founder & President Paul H….
The Lakes That Launched Thousands of Seaplanes
by Rachel Obermoller Aviation Representative MnDOT Office of Aeronautics It should come as no surprise to pilots that the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” played a pivotal role in the early…
Flying On Floats or Wheels…. Checklists Could Save Your Life!
by Philip Mattison I am a 5,000-plus hour pilot, with commercial, single and multi-engine, instrument, seaplane, skiplane, and instructor ratings. I have logged 1,200-plus hours in my Super Cub on floats,…
Ask Pete!
by Pete Schoeninger Email your questions to Pete@Flymilwaukee.com Question: My aircraft is due for a major overhaul or replacement. If I bite the bullet and rebuild or replace the engine,…
Wipaire Gains New Leadership in Engineering, Manufacturing
South Saint Paul, Minnesota, February 13, 2014 – Wipaire, Inc. has named new leaders to its engineering and manufacturing management. Tim Hendrickson has been appointed as Wipaire’s new Director of…
Minnesota Skiplane Pilot Wins Lightspeed’s $500 Burger Getaway
SAGINAW, MINNESOTA – Frank Vittorio of Saginaw, Minnesota, is the latest weekly winner of Lightspeed Aviation’s $500 Burger Getaway sweepstakes. The Getaway consists of a series of weekly drawings for…
Wisconsin Company Named Distributor For SkyReach
In the October/November 2013 issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine, the S-LSA manufacturer “SkyReach” was referred to as the “Skyranch” by mistake. The engine horsepowers mentioned were also incorrect. The U.S….
Newest Product Developments At Wipaire
SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINN. – Wipaire, Inc. has announced that its “Wipline 1450” floats for light sport aircraft have entered their final phase of testing. The float has gone through…
HondaJet Achieves FAA Type Inspection Authorization… Honda Aircraft Company’s Customer Service Facility Receives FAA Part 145 Certification
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Honda Aircraft Company announced Dec. 20, 2013 two significant milestones in the development of the world’s most advanced light jet. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued…
Builder of Bugatti 100P Racer Replica Featured At EAA Wright Banquet
OSHKOSH, WIS. – Scotty Wilson (EAA 572551) of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was the guest speaker at the Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet at the EAA Museum in Oshkosh, Wis., December 13, 2013….
The “Lark of Duluth” Replica Celebrates Centennial of World’s First Commercial Airliner
DULUTH, MINN. – January 1, 2014 marked the 100th anniversary of the world’s first airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line. In celebration, the “Lark of Duluth,” the Benoist Type XIV…
Lindbergh’s Iconic Plane Lands Back Home At Lambert Airport
ST. LOUIS, MO. (Lambert–St. Louis International Airport) – Charles Lindbergh’s 1934 Model D-127 Monocoupe is back where it belongs at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The historic plane is an iconic…
President Obama Signs Small Airplane Revitalization Act Into Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA), and Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) hailed President Obama’s signing of the Small Airplane Revitalization Act…
Heavy Bomber Weekend Lands In Madison
by Greg Reigel The week of July 26, 2013, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Aluminum Overcast flew into Madison, Wisconsin (KMSN) to give the general public the opportunity to see…
President Kennedy’s Air Force One Now On Display
DAYTON, OHIO – On Nov. 22, 2013, the world marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. One of the most historic artifacts associated with that…
“The Miracle Landing”
A True Story of How The Minneapolis Lakers Almost Perished & The Crew That Saved Them The Minneapolis Lakers national basketball team may have perished in a flight over Iowa…
Murphy Renegade Makes Appearance At EAA Seaplane Base
by Woody Minar A popular spot each year during EAA AirVenture is the EAA Seaplane Base on Lake Winnebago, about 5 miles from Wittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, Wis. Through Paul Poberezny’s…
An ICON At EAA
by Woody Minar ICON Aircraft once again displayed its two-seat, light-sport aircraft (LSA), amphibian ICON A5, which just received a weight exemption from the FAA. The exemption increases the gross…
The SubSonex – When You Feel The Need For Speed!
by Woody Minar Sonex Aircraft, LLC of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, introduced the “SubSonex Personal Jet” at EAA AirVenture 2013 with a flight demonstration on July 29th. Sonex announced that refundable kit…
Solar Impulse Deploys Revolutionary Inflatable Hangar Upon Its Arrival At Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
ST. LOUIS, MO. – Swiss pilots, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, took off from Moffett Field in Mountain View, Calif. on May 3, 2013, in the solar-powered airplane, Solar Impulse…
Van’s Aircraft Delivers Their First Fly-Away RV
After 40 years of supplying kits for amateur-built aircraft, Van’s Aircraft, Inc. stepped into a new world on May 31, 2013, when it delivered its first certified, fly-away, ready-to-go Van’s…
Twin-Engine Seminoles Join Piper’s G1000 Club
VERO BEACH, FLA. (June 25, 2013) –Piper Aircraft, Inc. has received Type Certificate (TC) approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to incorporate the Garmin G1000 avionics suite into new twin-engine…