MADISON, WIS. (February 18, 2014) – The Wisconsin Assembly has passed Senate Bill 321 to protect private airport owners in the state from liability when the public uses their airports…
Category: April/May 2014
AOPA Applauds Senate Bill To Expand Third-Class Medical Exemption To More Pilots
FREDERICK, MD. – A new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would expand the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) third-class medical exemption, reserved for sport pilots for the past decade, to…
Save Time & Money: Come Prepared!
by Dr. John Beasley, M.D. & AME Aviation Medical Examiner, Professor Emeritus & Clinical Professor Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin – Madison So, this guy comes to me…
Crosswind Operations: The Landing
by Harold Green In the last issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine (Feb/March 2014), we had just turned final on a windy day. Our aircraft is in the landing configuration and…
Saving SMO
by Mark R. Baker President & CEO, Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association If you live and fly anywhere near Southern California, then the saga of Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO)…
Protecting & Promoting GA At State Capitols
News & Information You’ll Want To Know In Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska & Iowa by Yasmina Platt Manager, AOPA Central Southwest Region The 2014 legislative sessions in what we call the…
Voice of General Aviation Reaches Great Lakes Capitols
News & Information You’ll Want To Know In Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota & South Dakota by Bryan Budds Manager, AOPA Great Lakes Region The past few…
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,…
Procedure Turns & Garmin Box Approaches
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman In this issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine, I would like to revisit a topic from several issues back, “The Procedure Turn” and also finish our…
NTSB No Longer “Bound By” FAA’s Choice of Sanction
by Attorney Greg Reigel As you may be aware, the Pilot’s Bill of Rights mandated changes to the way FAA enforcement cases are handled by the National Transportation Safety Board…