by Ann Holtgren Pellegreno Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine October/November 2022 Digital Issue LEARNING TO FLY 1960 TO 1961 YOUNG FIELD ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN First Part of Chapter One First…
Category: Books & Movies
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
At An IMAX Theatre Near You Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2022 Digital Issue After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete…
Second Book of Vietnam Trilogy
Published By U.S. Army Veteran, Bob Worthington Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2022 Online Issue Writer and Army veteran, Dr. Bob Worthington of Las Cruces, N.M., has published the…
Planes: From the Wright Brothers to the Supersonic Jet
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2021 Online Issue Budding aviation fans will pore over every page of “Planes: From the Wright Brothers to the Supersonic Jet” by Jan van…
Book Signing @ Morey Field (C29)
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine – June/July 2021 Online Issue During his four years above the earth, throughout 58 years of teaching more than a thousand pilots, Field Morey overcame…
Four Years Above The Earth – A Memoir by Field Morey
(A Review by Dave Weiman) Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine – June/July 2021 Online Issue Whether it is a book entitled “Poberezny,” as told by his son-in-law, Chuck Parnall, and…
Vision Films & Action Aviation Reach New Heights With “One More Orbit” Deal
Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2020 issue LOS ANGELES (August 18, 2020) – Vision Films Inc. (“Vision”) has announced it has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the “One More…
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…
Never Stop Getting Better
by Dean Zakos Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue I just want to keep improving, to keep getting better.” – Anonymous Scenario: You are level at 3,500 feet….
Living WWII Tuskegee Fighter Pilot’s Triumph Against Nazis Abroad & Racism At Home
Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2019 issue WASHINGTON, DC – “Colored people aren’t accepted as airline pilots.” The “negro type has not the proper reflexes to make a first-class…
“Turret Tales” Author, Judie Ohm Will Be At Oshkosh 2019
Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2019 issue Attention all history buffs! You need to meet Judie Ohm at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 22-28, and get a…
SPACE CRAFT: 100 Iconic Rockets, Shuttles & Satellites That Put Us In Space
Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2018 issue In 1957, the world looked on with both uncertainty and amazement as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first man-made orbiter….
Race to Hawaii
Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2018 issue CHICAGO, ILL. – Surrounded in every direction by more than a thousand miles of deep blue ocean, Hawaii is one of the…
The Millionaires’ Unit
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2018 issue THE MILLIONAIRES’ UNIT tells the unsung story of a group of Yale college students who took the initiative to learn to fly…
Air Force One – The Book
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2018 issue For the last 60 years, Air Force One has served every president and first lady through tragedies and triumphs. In aviation expert…