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Cubs & Carbon Cubs & The Difference Between Landing & Takeoff Distances

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

by Pete Schoeninger © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2023 Digital Issue Q) What do your spies tell you about the current used airplane…

New FAA Color Vision Tests

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

by Dr. Bill Blank, MD Senior Aviation Medical Examiner Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2023 Digital Issue On May 31, 2023, the FAA authorized three new color vision tests…

Making Dreams Come True

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

by Mark Baker AOPA President & CEO Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2023 Digital Issue Excitement was in the air. At press time, we were only weeks away from…

A Chicago Skyline Tour

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

by Yasmina Platt © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2023 Digital Issue Ready for #OSH24 yet? If so, there is a good chance many…

LLC Members Do Not “Own” The Aircraft

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

by Gregory J. Reigel, Esq © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2023 Digital Issue I frequently speak with folks who are members of a…

Ray Rubin, Creator of the Canadian Caravan for Pilots

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

(October 4, 1931 – July 11, 2023) by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2023 Digital Issue It was the winter of 1988 when businessman, Ray Rubin, of…

Airport Enthusiasts: General Aviation’s Unofficial Ambassadors

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

by Jeff Flynn Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2023 Digital Issue Have your ever heard the term “Airport Enthusiast?” Maybe you have been one or are one. There is…

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…

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…

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